Athrips spiraeae is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Ukraine, Russia[1] (southern Ural, Lower Volga and Altai) and Kazakhstan.[2]

Athrips spiraeae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Athrips
Species:
A. spiraeae
Binomial name
Athrips spiraeae
(Staudinger, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia spiraeae Staudinger, 1871

The larvae probably feed on Spiraea species.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Junnilainen, J. 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. ^ Bidzilya, O., 2005: A review of the genus Athrips (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in the Palaearctic region . Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 52 (1): 3-71. doi:10.1002/mmnd.200310001