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Downland groundling
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Chionodes
Species:	C. fumatella
Binomial name
Chionodes fumatella (Douglas, 1850)
Synonyms
Gelechia fumatella Douglas, 1850 Chionodes carpella Piskunov, 1971 Gelechia opletella Herrich-Schaffer, 1854 Gelechia celerella Stainton, 1851 Gelechia nigricans Heinemann, 1870 Gelechia reuttiella Heinemann, 1870 Gelechia syrticola Staudinger, 1871 Gelechia nigricans var. brunnea Teich, 1901

Chionodes fumatella, the downland groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in almost all of Europe (except Portugal and Croatia). Outside of Europe, it is found in Turkey, the Caucasus, Mongolia and from Siberia to the Russian Far East.

The wingspan is 12–19 mm. The terminal joint of palpi as long as second. Forewings brown, usually mixed with dark fuscous; usually indistinct dark fuscous spots on costa near base, at 4, and beyond middle, and in disc near base and at 4; stigmata black, often partly edged with whitish, first discal beyond plical; an indistinct pale ferruginous-tinged angulated fascia at 3/4, sometimes almost. obsolete. Hindwings light grey.

Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August. The larvae have been reared on Lotus corniculatus.

References

1. Fauna Europaea
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7. Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. . 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
8. UK Moths

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