Stenolechiodes pseudogemmellus

Stenolechiodes pseudogemmellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Stenolechia
Species: S. pseudogemmellus
Binomial name
Stenolechia pseudogemmellus
Elsner, 1996

Stenolechia pseudogemmellus is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is known from Germany, Greece, Italy, Austria, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Turkey, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Croatia.

The wingspan is 8–10 mm.[1] Adults are on wing from the end of April to the start of July in one generation central Europe. In south-eastern Europe, there is probably a second generation since adults were also collected in July in Italy, Greece and Montenegro.

The larva feed on Quercus species, including Quercus robur. They feed in the young shoots. They cause withered leaves and occasionally swellings. Pupation normally takes place in the shoot, but occasionally outside.[2]

References

  1. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
  2. ↑ Stenolechiodes pseudogemmellus, a new species for the Belgian fauna (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
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