Gelechia sororculella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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] 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

  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. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  5. ↑ "35.101 Gelechia sororculella (Hübner, 1817)". Gelechiid Recording Scheme. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  6. 1 2 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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