Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Isophrictis | |
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Similar Aristotelia brizella, Monochroa servella, Syncopacma cinctella, Apodia bifractella, Eulamprotes wilkella | ||
Isophrictis anthemidella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found from most of Europe to the Caucasus and Central Asia.
The wingspan is 11–13 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Pyrethrum corymbosom, Achillea ptarmica and Anthemis tinctoria. On calcareous slopes, the larvae have also been found feeding on the flowers of Anthemis trotzkiana.
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