Acompsia minorella

Acompsia minorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Acompsia
Species: A. minorella
Binomial name
Acompsia minorella
(Rebel, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Brachycrossata minorella Rebel, 1899

Acompsia minorella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland.[1] The habitat consists of warm forest steppes.

The wingspan is about 15 mm for males and females. The forewings are greyish brown, overlaid with yellow grey or light brown scales. The hindwings are dark grey. Adults are on wing from May to June and again from July to September, probably in two generations per year.[2]

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "A review of the genus Acompsia Huebner, 1825, with description of new species (Gelechiidae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 25: 109–151. 2002.


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