Athrips amoenella explained

Athrips amoenella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Finland, Sweden, France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovakia, Hungary, Greece, Ukraine and Russia, as well as on Corsica.^[1] Outside of Europe, it is found in Turkey, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.^[2]

The wingspan is 9–11 mm.^[3] Adults are on wing from May to July.^[4] The ground colour of the forewings is whitish-yellow with ochreous brown and dark grey markings. The hindwings are dark grey.^[5]

The larvae possibly feed on Vicia cracca.

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20150610204313/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=437302 Fauna Europaea
2. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
3. , 2005: A review of the genus Athrips (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in the Palaearctic region . Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 52 (1): 3–71.
4. http://www.artfakta.se/SpeciesFact.aspx?TaxonId=102383 ArtDatabanken
5. http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Athrips_Amoenella lepiforum.de