Scythris potentillella

Scythris potentillella is a moth of the family Scythrididae first described by the German entomologist Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847. It is found in Asia Minor and Europe.

Scythris potentillella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Scythrididae
Genus:	Scythris
Species:	S. potentillella
Binomial name
Scythris potentillella (Zeller, 1847)
Synonyms[1]
Butalis potentillella Zeller, 1847 Butalis potentillae Zeller, 1855 Scythris albiapex Hering, 1924

Description

The wingspan is 8–12 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August, possibly in two generations per year.^[2]

The larvae feed on common sorrel (Rumex acetosa) and sheep's sorrel (Rumex acetosella) and can be found in April and May.^[3]

Distribution

It is found from most of Europe (except Ireland, Portugal, Italy, most of the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, Latvia and Estonia) to Asia Minor.^[4] The habitat consists of dry sandy areas.