''Sattleria basistrigella'' is a
moth in the family
Gelechiidae. It was described by Peter Huemer in 1997. It is found in the
Alps of
Italy and
Switzerland
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.
The length of the forewings is 8.2–10 mm for males and 5.5–7 mm for females. Adults are on wing from July to August.
[ & , 1991: ''Sattleria'': a European genus of brachypterous alpine moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). ''Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology)'', 60: 205–241. Full article]
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The larvae feed on ''Silene acaulis
''Silene acaulis'', known as moss campion or cushion pink, is a small mountain-dwelling wildflower that is common all over the high arctic and tundra and in high mountains of Eurasia and North America (Alps, Carpathians, southern Siberia, Pyrenee ...
''. They live in a silken tube on the host plant.
References
Sattleria
Moths described in 1997
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