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Acompsia minorella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acompsia

Acompsia minorella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland. The habitat consists of warm forest steppes.

The wingspan is about 15 mm for males and females. The forewings are greyish brown, overlaid with yellow grey or light brown scales. The hindwings are dark grey. Adults are on wing from May to June and again from July to September, probably in two generations per year.

References

Acompsia minorella Wikipedia