Pogochaetia solitaria is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1880. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Greece, Turkey and northern Iran.[1][2]
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| Species: | P. solitaria
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The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are blackish with reddish-grey scales and three to four large black dots. The hindwings are light grey.[3]
The larvae feed on Saponaria ocymoides.[4]
Subspecies
edit- Pogochaetia solitaria solitaria (Greece, Turkey, northern Iran: Elburs mountains)
- Pogochaetia solitaria ocymoidella (Walsingham, 1900) (Spain, southern France, Alps)
References
edit- ^ funet.fi
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 15 (2-3): 310
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- ^ Die Felssteppenrasen des Gitschtales - ein hot spot an Biodiversität beiSchmetterlingen in Kärnten
