Athrips rancidella

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| name= Cotoneaster webworm

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| taxon = Athrips rancidella

| authority = (Herrich-Schaffer, 1854)

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|Gelechia rancidella|Herrich-Schaffer, 1854

|Athrips triatomea|Mühlig, 1864

|Gelechia vepretella|Zeller, 1871

|Gelechia superfetella|Peyerimhoff, 1877

|Cremona cotoneastri|Busck, 1934

|Epithectis cerasivorella|Kuznetsov, 1960

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Athrips rancidella, the cotoneaster webworm, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Netherlands, Fennoscandia and the Baltic region.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924150914/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=437291 Fauna Europaea] It has also been recorded from Syria, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and the United States (Oregon and California).[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=1854 mothphotographersgroup]

The wingspan is 11–12 mm.[http://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/species/0761a.php Hants Moths] Adults have been recorded on wing in June.

The larvae feed on Cotoneaster horizontalis, Prunus spinosa and Crataegus species.[https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=761a UK Moths]