Gelechia muscosella

Gelechia muscosella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gelechia
Species: G. muscosella
Binomial name
Gelechia muscosella
Zeller, 1839[1]

Gelechia muscosella, the Grey Sallow Groundling, is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is widely distributed in Europe (except the Mediterranean region). Outside of Europe, it is found in the Caucasus, Siberia and the Russian Far East.[2] The habitat consists of damp fenlands and shingle beaches.

The wingspan is 14–18 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from mid-June to early September.[4]

The larvae feed on Salix and Populus species. They feed in the catkins of their host plant.[5]

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. Lepidoptera of Belgium
  5. UKmoths
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