Goniodoma auroguttella - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Goniodoma auroguttella is a moth

Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

of the Coleophoridae

Coleophoridae

family. It is found in southern Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

, European Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

and Asia Minor

Asia Minor

Asia Minor is a geographical location at the westernmost protrusion of Asia, also called Anatolia, and corresponds to the western two thirds of the Asian part of Turkey...

. The habitat consists of steppe and semi-desert biotopes.

Adults are on wing from June to August.

The first instar larva live in the carpels of Atriplex
Atriplex
Atriplex is a plant genus of 100-200 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache . The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophytes, as well as plants of moist environments...

species, including Atriplex patula
Atriplex patula
Atriplex patula L. is a ruderal, circumboreal species of annual herbaceous plants in the genus Atriplex naturalized in many temperate regions....

, Atriplex latifolia, Atriplex laciniata and Atriplex tatarica.

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