Istrianis femoralis explained

Istrianis femoralis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found on Sicily, Cyprus and in Italy, Slovenia,^[1] Croatia, North Macedonia, Greece,^[2] the Crimea and Turkey.^[3]

The wingspan is 9–10 mm.^[4]

The larvae feed on Pistacia mutica and Pistacia vera.

Notes and References

1. http://www.soceurlep.eu/uploads/nota/bd35_2/05_Sumpich.pdf New faunistic records for a number of Microlepidoptera, including description of three new taxa from Agonoxenidae, Depressariidae, and Gelechiidae (Gelechioidea)
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924150820/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=437220 Fauna Europaea
3. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/gelechiinae/istrianis/ Istrianis at funet
4. http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Istrianis_Femoralis lepiforum.de