Scythris tributella explained

Scythris tributella is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847. It is found in central and southern Europe, North Africa (Libya) and Russia (southern Urals),^{[1] [2]} Georgia, Turkey and Turkmenistan.^[3]

The wingspan is 9–12 mm.^[4] The fore- and hindwings are chocolate brown without markings. The wings are slightly shiny at the base, the head and abdomen black, and the hindwings lighter than the forewings.^[5]

The larvae feed on Coronilla varia.

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/scythrididae/scythris/ "Scythris Hübner, [1825]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071013/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=436490 Fauna Europaea
3. http://www.redalyc.org/pdf/455/45519994008.pdf Notes on the distribution of Palearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)
4. http://www.microvlinders.nl/soorten/species.php?speciescode=310080&p=1 microvlinders.nl
5. https://nl.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=9267 Examination of the Scythrididae in the Bruand d’Uzelle collection: faunistic and taxonomic implications for the genus Scythris (Lepidoptera, Scythrididae)