Athrips pruinosella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in western and northern Europe.[1][2] It has also been recorded from the Caucasus, the southern Ural mountains, the Altai mountains, Tuva, Buryatia, the Amur region, Primorye and North America.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Athrips |
| Species: | A. pruinosella
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| Binomial name | |
| Athrips pruinosella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846)
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The wingspan is 12–16 mm.[4] Adults are on wing from the end of May to the beginning of August.[5]
The larvae feed on Salix repens, Vaccinium uliginosum,[6] Spiraea salicifolia, Andromeda polifolia and Vaccinium myrtillus.
References edit
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- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ 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
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ 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
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived July 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ lepiforum.de