Aproaerema anthyllidella

Aproaerema anthyllidella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe,[1] Kyrgyzstan, Iran[2] and North America.

Leaves of Anthyllis vulneraria eaten and discoloured by larva
Larva

Aproaerema anthyllidella
Aproaerema anthyllidella Tolfannau, North Wales
Genitalia preparation
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aproaerema
Species:
A. anthyllidella
Binomial name
Aproaerema anthyllidella
(Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
  • Tinea anthyllidella Hübner, 1813
  • Anacampsis anthyllidella
  • Gelechia nigritella Stainton, 1854
  • Gelechia (Anacampsis) sparsiciliella Barrett, 1891
  • Anacampsis infestella Rebel, 1896
  • Monochroa brundini Benander, 1945
  • Anacampsis alfalfella Amsel, 1958
  • Aproaerema aureliana Capuse, 1964
  • Gelechia psoralella Milliere, 1865
  • Aproaerema psoralella
  • Iwaruna psoralella
  • Gelechia elachistella Stainton, 1859

The wingspan is 10–12 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from May to June and again from August to September in two generations per year.[4]

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including Anthyllis vulneraria, Chamaecytisus, Coronilla, Cytisus, Dorycnium rectum, Galega officinalis, Glycine max, Hymenocarpos circinnatus, Lathyrus pratensis, Lathyrus tuberosus, Lotus corniculatus, Medicago lupulina, Medicago sativa, Melilotus alba, Onobrychis viciifolia, Ononis repens, Ononis rosifolia, Ononis spinosa, Ornithopus, Oxytropis pilosa, Phaseolus vulgaris, Psoralea bituminosa, Trifolium pratense, Trifolium repens, Trigonella monspeliaca, Vicia cracca and Vicia faba. Larvae of the first generation mine the leaves of their host plant. They make a small full depth blotch, often with extensions. The frass is concentrated in one corner of the mine. Older larvae live freely among spun leaves, but may still they make occasional fleck mines by feeding on the leaf tissue from a small opening.[5] Larvae can be found from April to May and again from July to August, but it is not known how the species overwinters.

Subspecies
    • Aproaerema anthyllidella anthylidella
    • Aproaerema anthyllidella elachistella (Stainton, 1859)

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Aproaerema anthyllidella - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
  3. microlepidoptera.nl Archived February 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. UKmoths
  5. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2011-10-26.


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