Aristotelia brizella

Aristotelia brizella
Aristotelia brizella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aristotelia
Species: A. brizella
Binomial name
Aristotelia brizella
(Treitschke, 1833)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oecophora brizella Treitschke, 1833

Aristotelia brizella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Switzerland and most of the Balkan Peninsula.

A flower head of Armeria maritima attacked by larva
Larva

The wingspan is 10-12 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from May to June and again from July to August in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Armeria maritima and sometimes Limonium vulgare. They feed on the seedheads of their host plant.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ microlepidoptera.nl
  3. ^ UKmoths
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