Teleiodes vulgella

Teleiodes vulgella (common groundling) is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is known from most of Europe, east to the southern Ural and the Volga region.[2]

Hawthorn leaves fastened together and eaten by larva
Larva

Teleiodes vulgella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Teleiodes
Species:
T. vulgella
Binomial name
Teleiodes vulgella
Synonyms
  • Tinea vulgella Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Recurvaria aspera Haworth, 1828

The wingspan is 11–14 mm.[3] Adults have small blackish patches bordered by raised whitish scale-tufts. They are on wing from June to July.[4]

The larva feed on various shrubs and trees, including Crataegus, Prunus spinosa, Cotoneaster horizontalis, Juniperus communis, Malus domestica, Malus sylvestris, Prunus domestica, Amelanchier, Pyrus communis, Sorbus aria and Sorbus aucuparia.

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 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
  4. UKmoths


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