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Apatema mediopallidum

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Autostichidae

Genus
  
Apatema

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Butterflies and moths, Blastobasis phycidella, Oegoconia deauratella, Augasma aeratella, Alucita grammodactyla

Apatema mediopallidum is a moth of the Autostichidae family. It is found on Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Crete, Cyprus and in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Albania, the Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Turkey and on the Canary Islands.

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are very pale ochreous, mottled and shaded with fuscous. The hindwings are shining pale grey.

References

Apatema mediopallidum Wikipedia