Sattleria melaleucella

Sattleria melaleucella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Sattleria
Species:	S. melaleucella
Binomial name
	Sattleria melaleucella; (Constant, 1865)
Synonyms
	Gelechia melaleucella Constant, 1865; Gelechia mariae Frey, 1867; Gelechia dzieduszyckii fusca Burmann, 1954;

Sattleria melaleucella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Constant in 1865. It is found in the Apennines and Alps of France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy.^[1]^[2]

The length of the forewings is 7.3-11.6 mm for males and 5.8-8.5 mm for females. The forewings lack a dark stripe along the fold and may have irregular dark transverse bands. Adults are on wing from July to mid-September.^[3]

The larvae feed on Cerastium latifolium and Cerastium uniflorum. They live in a silken tube spun along parts of the host plant. Pupation takes place in a silken cocoon spun under a stone or under parts of the host plant.

References

^ funet.fi
^ Fauna Europaea
^ Pitkin, L.M. & Sattler, K., 1991: Sattleria: a European genus of brachypterous alpine moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology), 60: 205–241. Full article: [1]

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[1] unet.fi

[2] Fauna Europaea

[3] Pitkin, L.M. & Sattler, K., 1991: Sattleria: a European genus of brachypterous alpine moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology), 60: 205–241. Full article: [1]

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