Dactylotula kinkerella
(Redirected from Apatetris kinkerella)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dactylotula |
| Species: | D. kinkerella
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| Dactylotula kinkerella (Snellen, 1876)
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Dactylotula kinkerella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees and Alps, and from the Netherlands to Ukraine. It is also found in Croatia[1] and Russia (the southern Ural).[2] The habitat consists of sandy areas.
The larvae feed on Ammophila arenaria. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found from September to May.[4]
References
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- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
- ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-08-31.