Ephysteris insulella

Ephysteris insulella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Hermann von Heinemann in 1870. It is found in France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania and Russia.[1][2] Outside of Europe, it is found in south-eastern Kazakhstan, southern Siberia, Mongolia and China (Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang).

Ephysteris insulella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Ephysteris
Species:
E. insulella
Binomial name
Ephysteris insulella
(Heinemann, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Lita insulella Heinemann, 1870
  • Gelechia insularis Staudinger, 1871
  • Opacopsis gallica Povolný, 1992
  • Doryphora praticolella Christoph, 1872

The length of the forewings is 7–8 mm. The forewings are covered with cream, yellow-tipped scales and mottled by rare dark-grey scales at the termen and along the veins. There is a small dark point at one-third and a dark spot at two-thirds near the posterior margin. The hindwings are pale grey. Adults are on wing from July to August.[3]

Subspecies
  • Ephysteris insulella insulella
  • Ephysteris insulella praticolella (Christoph, 1872) (Italy, Balkans, south-western Russia, Tuva)

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Ephysteris insulella (Heinemann, 1870)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  2. "Ephysteris insulella (Heinemann, 1870)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  3. Li, H.-H. & O. Bidzilya (2008). "A review of the genus Ehystris Meyrick, 1908 from China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Zootaxa. 1733: 45-56.


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