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Aproaerema anthyllidella

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

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Leaves of Anthyllis vulneraria eaten and discoloured by larva
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Larva

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The wingspan is 10–12 mm.[3] The forewings are dark slaty-fuscous, often paler-sprinkled, the stigmata hardly perceptible. The plical is followed by a whitish-ochreous dotand there is a small whitish-ochreous triangular spot, usually somewhat outwardly oblique, on costa at 2/3, occasionally obsolete; often a very small whitish-ochreous spot on tornus opposite.Vein 6 arises out of vein 7. Hindwings are rather light grey. The larva is blackish-grey; on 2-4 dorsal line and segmental incisions obscurely whitish; spiracular series of whitish spots; head and plate of 2 black.[4][5][6][7]

Adults are on wing from May to June and again from August to September in two generations per year.[8]

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.

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Subspecies

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

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