Teleiodes flavimaculella

Teleiodes flavimaculella, the chestnut groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is widely but locally distributed in Europe (except the northernmost and southernmost parts), east to Siberia.[2]

Teleiodes flavimaculella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Teleiodes
Species:
T. flavimaculella
Binomial name
Teleiodes flavimaculella
Synonyms
  • Gelechia luculella [var.] flavimaculella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Teleiodes luculella var. rufipunctella Steudel, 1882
  • Gelechia (Teleia) luculella ab. dealbella Klemensiewicz, 1902
  • Telphusa luculella f. herrichi Dufrane, 1955

The wingspan is 9–13 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from May to July in one generation per year.[4]

The larvae possibly feed on Castanea sativa and Quercus.

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 Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
  4. LOT Moths and Butterflies


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