Athrips bidzilyai
Athrips bidzilyai is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia (the southern Ural[1] and southern Buryatia). The habitat consists of rocky steppe slopes and grassy lowland steppes.
| Athrips bidzilyai | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Athrips |
| Species: | A. bidzilyai |
| Binomial name | |
| Athrips bidzilyai Junnilainen, 2010 | |
The wingspan is 13–13.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is dark greyish with nine distinct blackish spots. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2] Adults are on wing in the second half of June.
Etymology
The species is named in honour of Dr. Oleksiy Bidzilya.
References
- Fauna Europaea
- 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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