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Teleiodes vulgella

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Species of moth

Teleiodes vulgella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Teleiodes
Species: T. vulgella
Binomial name
Teleiodes vulgella
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Tinea vulgella Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Recurvaria aspera Haworth, 1828

Teleiodes vulgella (common groundling) is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is known from most of Europe, east to the southern Ural and the Volga region.

Hawthorn leaves fastened together and eaten by larva
Larva

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. The head is grey, face whitish. Terminal joint of palpi as long as second. Forewings grey, irrorated with darker and some black scales; indistinct blackish spots on costa near base and before and beyond middle; sometimes two black dots transversely placed in disc at 1/4; stigmata black, first discal above plical, second confluent with a blackish bar of raised scales from tornus . Hindwings 1, rather dark grey. The larva is greenish-grey; dots black; head ochreous-brown; plate of 2 black, bisected

They are on wing from June to July.

The larva feeds on various shrubs and trees, including Crataegus, Prunus spinosa, Cotoneaster horizontalis, Juniperus communis, Malus domestica, Malus sylvestris, Prunus domestica, Amelanchier, Pyrus communis, Sorbus aria and Sorbus aucuparia.

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 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  5. Heath, J.,ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2
  6. 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
  7. lepiforum.de includes imagesPublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. UKmoths
Taxon identifiers
Teleiodes vulgella


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