Teleiodes flavimaculella

Teleiodes flavimaculella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Teleiodes
Species:	T. flavimaculella
Binomial name
	Teleiodes flavimaculella; (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Synonyms
	Gelechia luculella [var.] flavimaculella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854; Teleiodes luculella var. rufipunctella Steudel, 1882; Gelechia (Teleia) luculella ab. dealbella Klemensiewicz, 1902; Telphusa luculella f. herrichi Dufrane, 1955;

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]

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

^ 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

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[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] rolepidoptera.nl Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine

[4] LOT Moths and Butterflies

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