Sattleria melaleucella
| Sattleria melaleucella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Sattleria |
| Species: | S. melaleucella |
| Binomial name | |
| Sattleria melaleucella (Constant, 1865) | |
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Sattleria melaleucella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Constant in 1865. It is found in the Apennines and Alps of France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy.[1][2]
The length of the forewings is 7.3-11.6 mm for males and 5.8-8.5 mm for females. The forewings lack a dark stripe along the fold and may have irregular dark transverse bands. Adults are on wing from July to mid-September.[3]
The larvae feed on Cerastium latifolium and Cerastium uniflorum. They live in a silken tube spun along parts of the host plant. Pupation takes place in a silken cocoon spun under a stone or under parts of the host plant.
References
- ↑ funet.fi
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Pitkin, L.M. & Sattler, K., 1991: Sattleria: a European genus of brachypterous alpine moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology), 60: 205–241. Full article:
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