Athrips stepposa explained

Athrips stepposa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Ukraine, Russia^[1] (southern Ural and Siberia: Tuva),^[2] north-western Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

The wingspan is 8.5–10 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-May to mid-June and again from July to early August in two generations per year.^[3]

The larvae feed on Caragana frutex.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20150610205727/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=437303 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://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/gelechiinae/athrips/ Athrips at funet