Athrips mongolorum
Species of moth
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Athrips mongolorum is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Mongolia, Turkmenistan, south-eastern Kazakhstan and China (Ningxia).[1]
| Athrips mongolorum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Athrips |
| Species: | A. mongolorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Athrips mongolorum Piskunov, 1980 | |
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The wingspan is 9–12 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-March to early June and again in September in two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Nitraria schoberi. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.[2]
