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Aristotelia ericinella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except most of the Balkan Peninsula.

Aristotelia ericinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Aristotelia
Species:	A. ericinella
Binomial name
Aristotelia ericinella (Zeller, 1839)[1]
Synonyms
Gelechia ericinella Zeller, 1839 Aristotelia ericinella ab. silendrella Caradja, 1920 Xystophora sardicolella Schawerda, 1936 Aristotelia sardicolella

The wingspan is 9–13 mm.[2] The forewings are dark fuscous; a dorsal streak to beyond middle, and sometimes a posterior spot in disc reddish ochreous ; a spot on dorsum at base, an oblique fascia at 1/4 , a costally furcate fascia in middle, a tornal spot, a costal spot beyond it, and some terminal dots rosy silvery; stigmata sometimes obscurely blackish. Hindwings are grey. The larva is ochreous-brown, rosy-tinged ; subdorsal line dark brown, partly edged with pale yellowish ; spiracular pale yellowish, slender ; head and front of 2 pale brown.[3]

Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on Calluna species and Empetrum nigrum. They feed from a silken tube which is formed among the leaves.[4] Larvae can be found from September to June.

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