Pseudotelphusa paripunctella
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Pseudotelphusa |
| Species: | P. paripunctella
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Pseudotelphusa paripunctella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from most of Europe to Siberia and the Caucasus.[2]
The wingspan is 9–16 mm.[3] The head is whitish-ochreous. Terminal joint of palpi shorter than second. Forewings whitish ochreous, partly suffused with pale brownish-ochreous; usually some black scales on a basal dot, two or three costal marks, and round termen in cilia; two black dots transversely placed in disc at 1/4; stigmata black, first discal above plical, another black dot below second discal. Hindwings 1, light grey. The larva is yellowish-green; dots black;head pale brown.[4] [5] [6] [7]
Adults are on wing from May to June.[8]
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
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- ^ 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
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011年02月12日 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ^ Heath, J., ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2
- ^ Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
- ^ lepiforum.de includes images Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ UKmoths