Aproaerema anthyllidella, Crete - photo © K. Bormpoudaki
Aproaerema anthyllidella (Hübner, 1813)
MOTH INFO
Aproaerema anthyllidella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae on the island of Crete, Greece.
Scientific name
Aproaerema anthyllidella (Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
Tinea anthyllidella (Hübner, 1813)
Gelechia nigritella (Stainton, 1854)
Gelechia psoralella (Millière, 1865)
Gelechia sparsiciliella (Barrett, 1891)
Anacampsis infestella (Rebel, 1896)
Aproaerema natrixella (Weber, 1945)
Aproaerema brundini (Benander, 1945)
Aproaerema alfalfella (Amsel, 1958)
Aproaerema aureliana (Căpușe, 1964)
Common name
Vetch Sober
Classification
Superfamily: Gelechioidea > Family: Gelechiidae > Subfamily: Anacampsinae > Tribus: Anacampsini > Genus: Aproaerema
Wingspan
10-12 mm
Habitat
The moth inhabits dry areas with various herbaceous plants, where its larval food plants occur.
Food plant
The oligophagous larva feeds on the leaves of Leguminosae (i.e. Anthylis vulneraria, Chamaecytisus, Lathyrus, Lotus cytisoides, Medicago sativa, Melilotus, Onobrychis, Ononis, Trifolium, Vicia, etc).
Flight period
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