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Gelechia mediterranea

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Gelechia mediterranea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Gelechia
Species:
G. mediterranea
Binomial name
Gelechia mediterranea
Huemer, 1991

Gelechia mediterranea is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in France, Spain and Greece, as well as on Sardinia and Crete.[1][2]

The length of the forewings 5-5.5 mm. The forewings are blackish-brown. The hindwings are greyish-brown with brownish scales. Adults are on wing from the end of June to the beginning of September, probably in two generations per year.

The larvae possibly feed on Acer species.[3]

References

  1. ^ Gelechia at funet
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ HUEMER, P. (1991): Gelechia sestertiella auct. — ein Artenkomplex (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). — Nota lepidopterologica 14 (2): 115-130


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