Sattleria arcuata

Sattleria arcuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Sattleria
Species: S. arcuata
Binomial name
Sattleria arcuata
Pitkin & Sattler, 1991

Sattleria arcuata is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Pitkin and Sattler in 1991. It is found in the Pyrenees of France and Spain.[1][2]

The length of the forewings is 7.7–11 mm for males and 5.5-6.8 mm for females. The forewings usually have large diffuse dark areas forming irregular indistinct transverse bands. There is no dark stripe along the fold. Adults are on wing from July to August.[3]

References

  1. funet.fi
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Pitkin, L.M. & Sattler, K., 1991: Sattleria: a European genus of brachypterous alpine moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology), 60: 205–241. Full article:


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