Biology:Teleiodes flavimaculella

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Short description: Species of moth

Teleiodes flavimaculella
Teleiodes flavimaculella.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Teleiodes
Species:
T. flavimaculella
Binomial name
Teleiodes flavimaculella
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia luculella [var.] flavimaculella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Teleiodes luculella var. rufipunctella Steudel, 1882
  • Gelechia (Teleia) luculella ab. dealbella Klemensiewicz, 1902
  • Telphusa luculella f. herrichi Dufrane, 1955

Teleiodes flavimaculella, the chestnut groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is widely but locally distributed in Europe (except the northernmost and southernmost parts), east to Siberia.[2]

The wingspan is 9–13 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from May to July in one generation per year.[4]

The larvae possibly feed on Castanea sativa and Quercus.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
  3. microlepidoptera.nl
  4. LOT Moths and Butterflies

Wikidata ☰ Q13574031 entry