Athrips tetrapunctella

Athrips tetrapunctella is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in France, Great Britain, Ireland, Fennoscandia, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Russia and Ukraine. In the east, the range extends through the southern Ural and Siberia to Primorsky Krai.^[2]

Athrips tetrapunctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Athrips
Species:	A. tetrapunctella
Binomial name
Athrips tetrapunctella (Thunberg, 1794)[1]
Synonyms
Tinea tetrapunctella Thunberg, 1794 Gelechia lathyri Stainton, 1865 Gelechia lathyrella Doubleday, 1866

Description

Sprigs of Medicago sativa eaten by larva

A sprig of Lathyrus palustris with a larval web

Larva

The wingspan is 9–10 mm.^[3][4] The forewings are pale ochreous-yellowish, suffused with deeper yellow in the disc with a thick dark grey costal streak from base to 3/4, including a yellow streak near base. An irregular sometimes interrupted dorsal streak and an apical patch are dark grey. A black discal dot near the base. The first discal stigma and a small round spot above tornus also black. The hindwings are light grey.^[5][6][7][8]

The larvae feed on Lathyrus palustris and Medicago sativa.