Gnorimoschema epithymella

Gnorimoschema epithymella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gnorimoschema
Species: G. epithymella
Binomial name
Gnorimoschema epithymella
(Staudinger, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia epithymella Staudinger, 1859
  • Gnorimoschema epithymellum kirgisicum Povolný, 1994
  • Phthorimaea brunneomaculella Hackman, 1946
  • Phthorimaea boerneri Amsel, 1952

Gnorimoschema epithymella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Staudinger in 1859. It is found in Spain, France, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Sardinia, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus and Russia.[1] Outside of Europe, it has been recorded from North Africa (Algeria) and Kyrgyzstan.

The wingspan is 12-13 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Solidago virgaurea and Aster alpinus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine probably has the form of a full depth blotch with little or no frass. In Solidago, the larvae also bore the basal part of the stem and the petioles.[3]

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