Recurvaria leucatella

Recurvaria leucatella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Recurvaria
Species:	R. leucatella
Binomial name
	Recurvaria leucatella; (Clerck, 1759)
Synonyms
	Phalaena leucatella Clerck, 1759; Phalaena (Tinea) leucatella Linnaeus, 1761; Erminea leucatea Haworth, 1828; Lita albo-cingulella Duponchel, 1839;

Recurvaria leucatella (lesser budmoth or white-barred groundling moth) is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, Turkey, Central Asia and the Caucasus.^[2]

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The moths are on wing from June to July depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Crataegus and Malus species.

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

External links

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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

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