| Gelechia sororculella | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Gelechia |
| Species: | G. sororculella
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| Binomial name | |
| Gelechia sororculella | |
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Gelechia sororculella, the dark-striped groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is widely distributed from Europe, throughout Siberia to the Russian Far East. [2]
Life cycle and description
The wingspan is 15–17 mm. [3] The terminal joint of palpi is almost as long as second. Forewings rather dark fuscous, more or less whitish-sprinkled, paler dorsally, between veins blackish mixed; a white dot in disc at 1/4 ; stigmata black, first discal conspicuously white-ringed, other two partly white-edged, first and second discal connected by a blackish streak ; a blackish interrupted streak along fold ; a fine whitish angulated fascia at 3/4 ; terminal blackish dots, partly whitish-edged. Hind wings are over 1, grey.The larva is whitish green; dorsal and lateral lines broad, brown ; head brown. [4]
Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation per year.
Ova
Eggs are laid on willows (Salix species), usually goat willow ( S. caprea) but also eared willow ( S. aurita), grey willow ( S. cinerea), purple willow ( S. purpurea), creeping willow ( S.repens) and osier ( S. viminalis). [5]
Larva
Larvae feed from within spinnings made among the leaves and sometimes in female catkins. Larvae can be found in May. [6]
Pupa
The pale brown pupa can be found in May and June in a spinning among leaves. [6]
References
- ^ "Gelechia sororculella (Hubner, 1817)". GBIF. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ 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 from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
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^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain. Keys and description
- ^ "35.101 Gelechia sororculella (Hübner, 1817)". Gelechiid Recording Scheme. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ a b Emmet, A Maitland; Langmaid, John R; Bland, K P; Fletcher, D S; Harley, B H; Robinson, G S; Skinner, Bernard; Tremewan, W G, eds. (2002). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 4, Part 2. Colchester: Harley Books. p. 157. ISBN 0-946589-66-6.
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