Pseudotelphusa scalella

Pseudotelphusa scalella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Pseudotelphusa
Species: P. scalella
Binomial name
Pseudotelphusa scalella
(Scopoli, 1763)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena scalella Scopoli, 1763
  • Tinea aleella Fabricius, 1794
  • Yponomeuta bicolorella Treitschke, 1832

Pseudotelphusa scalella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found from most of Europe to the southern Ural and the Volga region. It is also found in Turkey.[2]

The wingspan is 11–15 mm. The moths are on wing from May to June depending on the location.

The larvae feed on moss, lichen and Quercus robur.

References

  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
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