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Teleiodes flavimaculella

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Species of moth

Teleiodes flavimaculella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Teleiodes
Species: T. flavimaculella
Binomial name
Teleiodes flavimaculella
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia luculella flavimaculella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Teleiodes luculella var. rufipunctella Steudel, 1882
  • Gelechia (Teleia) luculella ab. dealbella Klemensiewicz, 1902
  • Telphusa luculella f. herrichi Dufrane, 1955

Teleiodes flavimaculella, the chestnut groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is widely but locally distributed in Europe (except the northernmost and southernmost parts), east to Siberia.

The wingspan is 9–13 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July in one generation per year.

The larvae possibly feed on Castanea sativa and Quercus.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. 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
  3. microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
  4. LOT Moths and Butterflies
Taxon identifiers
Teleiodes flavimaculella


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