Atremaea lonchoptera is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in large part of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Iberian Peninsula, Switzerland, Belgium, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region and the western Balkan Peninsula.[1] It is also found in Russia (southern Ural and western and southern Siberia).[2]

Atremaea lonchoptera
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A. lonchoptera
Binomial name
Atremaea lonchoptera
Synonyms
  • Calamotypa exstans Meyrick, 1926

The wingspan is 16–30 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in July.

The larvae feed on Typha species.[3]

References edit

  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. ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived October 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine