Microlechia karsholti

Microlechia karsholti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Microlechia
Species:	M. karsholti
Binomial name
	Microlechia karsholti; (Nupponen, 2010)
Synonyms
	Hedma karsholti Nupponen, 2010;

Microlechia karsholti is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia (the southern Ural). The habitat consists of chalk steppe.

The wingspan is 8–9.5 mm.^[1] Adults are on wing in June.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Ole Karsholt.

^ Junnilainen, J.; Nupponen, K. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part I: descriptions of seventeen new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2366: 1–34. Preview

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