Teleiodes vulgella
| Teleiodes vulgella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Teleiodes |
| Species: | T. vulgella |
| Binomial name | |
| Teleiodes vulgella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)[1] | |
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The Common Groundling (Teleiodes vulgella) is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is known from most of Europe, east to the southern Ural and the Volga region.[2]
Hawthorn leaves fastened together and eaten by larva
Larva
The wingspan is 11–14 mm.[3] Adults have small blackish patches bordered by raised whitish scale-tufts. They are on wing from June to July.[4]
The larva feed on various shrubs and trees, including Crataegus, Prunus spinosa, Cotoneaster horizontalis, Juniperus communis, Malus domestica, Malus sylvestris, Prunus domestica, Amlanchier, Pyrus communis, Sorbus aria and Sorbus aucuparia.
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ 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
- ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
- ↑ UKmoths
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