Nothris congressariella

Nothris congressariella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Nothris
Species: N. congressariella
Binomial name
Nothris congressariella
(Bruand, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Ypsolopha congressariella Bruand, 1858
  • Nothris declaratella Staudinger, 1859

Nothris congressariella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Charles Théophile Bruand d'Uzelle in 1858.[1] It is found in Great Britain, Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, and on Crete, Sardinia, Sicily and the Canary Islands.[2]

The wingspan is 15–20 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July and again from September to October in two generations per year.

The larvae feed between the spun leaves of Scrophularia scorodonia.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nothris congressariella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. "35.016 BF839 Nothris congressariella (Bruand, 1858)". UKMoths. Retrieved April 11, 2018.


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