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Pseudotelphusa paripunctella

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Pseudotelphusa paripunctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Pseudotelphusa
Species:
P. paripunctella
Binomial name
Pseudotelphusa paripunctella
(Thunberg, 1794)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea paripunctella Thunberg, 1794
  • Telphusa dodecella Wood, 1839
  • Teleia triparella ab. griseella Preissecker, 1931
  • Telphusa triparella r. myricae Gilles, 1936
  • Teleia triparella var. sultanella Caradja, 1920
  • Oecophora tigratella Costa, 1836
  • Gelechia trijugella Erschoff, 1877
  • Gelechia triparella Zeller, 1839
  • Exoteleia pseudowagae Svensson, 1993

Pseudotelphusa paripunctella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found from most of Europe to Siberia and the Caucasus.[2]

Oak leaves spun together and eaten by larva
Larva

The wingspan is 9–16 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from May to June.[4]

The larvae feed on various deciduous tree and bushes, including Myrica gale, Hippophae rhamnoides, Fagus, Betula and Quercus species. They feed from within spun leaves. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.

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
  3. ^ microlepidoptera.nl
  4. ^ UKmoths
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