Gelechia sororculella

Gelechia sororculella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Gelechia
Species:	G. sororculella
Binomial name
	Gelechia sororculella; (Hübner, 1817)[1]
Synonyms
	Tinea sororculella Hübner, 1817; Tines sororculella;

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] 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).[4]

Larva

Larvae feed from within spinnings made among the leaves and sometimes in female catkins. Larvae can be found in May.[5]

Pupa

The pale brown pupa can be found in May and June in a spinning among leaves.[5]

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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.
"35.101 Gelechia sororculella (Hübner, 1817)". Gelechiid Recording Scheme. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
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.

External links

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[1] "Gelechia sororculella (Hubner, 1817)". GBIF. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[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 from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2013-10-10.

[4] "35.101 Gelechia sororculella (Hübner, 1817)". Gelechiid Recording Scheme. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[mbgbi-5] 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.