Aristotelia ericinella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aristotelia
Species:
A. ericinella
Binomial name
Aristotelia ericinella
(Zeller, 1839)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia ericinella Zeller, 1839
  • Aristotelia ericinella ab. silendrella Caradja, 1920
  • Xystophora sardicolella Schawerda, 1936
  • Aristotelia sardicolella

Aristotelia ericinella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except most of the Balkan Peninsula.

A sprig of Calluna bearing a web formed by larva
Larva

The wingspan is 9–13 mm.[2] The forewings are dark fuscous; a dorsal streak to beyond middle, and sometimes a posterior spot in disc reddish ochreous ; a spot on dorsum at base, an oblique fascia at 1/4 , a costally furcate fascia in middle, a tornal spot, a costal spot beyond it, and some terminal dots rosy silvery; stigmata sometimes obscurely blackish. Hindwings are grey. The larva is ochreous-brown, rosy-tinged ; subdorsal line dark brown, partly edged with pale yellowish ; spiracular pale yellowish, slender ; head and front of 2 pale brown.[3]

Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on Calluna species and Empetrum nigrum. They feed from a silken tube which is formed among the leaves.[4] Larvae can be found from September to June.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  4. ↑ UKmoths


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