Gelechia rhombella

Gelechia rhombella
	Gelechia rhombella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Gelechia
Species:	G. rhombella
Binomial name
	Gelechia rhombella; (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
	Tinea rhombella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Tinea axilella Thunberg, 1794; Recurvaria rhombea Haworth, 1828; Gelechia cinereoradicica Szent-Ivány, 1942;

Gelechia rhombella, the apple groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Europe, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, southern Siberia, the Russian Far East,^[2] Korea and China (Gansu, Qinghai, Jilin).^[3]

The wingspan is 13–17 mm.^[4]

The larvae feed on Malus species (including Malus domestica) and Pyrus communis.^[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". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
^ UKmoths

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