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.[2]
Teleiodes flavimaculella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Teleiodes |
Species: | T. flavimaculella
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Binomial name | |
Teleiodes flavimaculella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)[1]
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The wingspan is 9–13 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from May to July in one generation per year.[4]
The larvae possibly feed on Castanea sativa and Quercus.
References
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- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ 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
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ LOT Moths and Butterflies