Athrips amoenella (Frey, 1882)

Junnilainen, Jari, Karsholt, Ole, Nupponen, Kari, Kaitila, Jari-Pekka, Nupponen, Timo & Olschwang, Vladimir, 2010, The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) 2367, Zootaxa 2367 (1), pp. 1-68 : 43

Athrips amoenella (Frey, 1882)

Guberlja 20.V.2004; Kidriasovo 28–29.V.1998; Miass 25.V.1998, 07–20.V.2005; Verbljushka 30. V – 02. VI.1998, 13.V.1999, 24.V.2004, 07.V.2005 . Genitalia slide: K. Nupponen 3/ 28.II.2001. A total of 23 exx.

Distribution. A. amoenella until recently was found very locally in C Europe. During the last two decades it has turned up in a number of European countries, first in Sweden and Finland, and then in S Ural. Recently it was found for the first time in Greece (Junnilainen & Karsholt, unpublished) and also from Turkey (K. Nupponen, Junnilainen & Karsholt, unpublished). Also in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan ( Bidzilya 2005b).