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Gelechia hippophaella

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Species of moth

Gelechia hippophaella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gelechia
Species: G. hippophaella
Binomial name
Gelechia hippophaella
(Schrank, 1802)
Synonyms
  • Tinea hippophaella Schrank, 1802
  • Gelechia basalis Stainton, 1854
  • Gelechia acupediella Frey, 1870

The sea buckthorn moth (Gelechia hippophaella) is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Romania and from Great Britain to Ukraine.

A shoot of Hippophae rhamnoides eaten by larva
Larva

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
Taxon identifiers
Gelechia hippophaella


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