Aristotelia ericinella

Aristotelia ericinella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Aristotelia
Species:	A. ericinella
Binomial name
	Aristotelia ericinella; (Zeller, 1839)
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.

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.^[4] Larvae can be found from September to June.

References

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

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] rolepidoptera.nl Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

[4] UKmoths

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