Gelechia rhombella
| Gelechia rhombella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Gelechia |
| Species: | G. rhombella |
| Binomial name | |
| Gelechia rhombella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)[1] | |
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Gelechia rhombella, the apple groundling, is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is widely distributed in Europe. Outside of Europe, it is found in the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, southern Siberia, the Russian Far East,[2] Korea and China (Gansu, Qinghai, Jilin).[3]
The wingspan is 13–17 mm.[4] Adults are on wing from July to August.
The larvae feed on Malus species (including Malus domestica) and Pyrus communis. They feed from within a folded leaf or between spun leaves.[5]
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ New Faunistic Data for the Family Gelechiidae in the Korean peninsula and NE China (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
- ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
- ↑ UKmoths
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