Recurvaria leucatella

Recurvaria leucatella (lesser budmoth or white-barred groundling moth) is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, Turkey, Central Asia and the Caucasus.[2]

A sprig of hawthorn eaten by larva
Larva

Recurvaria leucatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Recurvaria
Species:
R. leucatella
Binomial name
Recurvaria leucatella
(Clerck, 1759)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena leucatella Clerck, 1759
  • Phalaena (Tinea) leucatella Linnaeus, 1761
  • Erminea leucatea Haworth, 1828
  • Lita albo-cingulella Duponchel, 1839

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The head is ochreous-white. Forewings are dark fuscous; a broad white or ochreous-white fascia at 1/3; stigmata and a dot below second discal indistinctly blackish, somewhat raised; a white spot on tornus, and another on costa opposite; some white terminal scales. Hindwings are grey. The larva is light brown to whitish-green, more or less rosy-tinged; head and plate of 2 black.[3]

The moths are on wing from June to July depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Crataegus and Malus species.

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. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description


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