en Teleiodes luculella

Teleiodes luculella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Teleiodes
Species:	T. luculella
Binomial name
	Teleiodes luculella; (Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
	Tinea luculella Hübner, 1813; Recurvaria subrosea Haworth, 1828;

Teleiodes luculella, the crescent groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from Europe to the southern Ural and Transcaucasia.^[2] The habitat consists of woodlands, including oak woodlands.^[3]

The wingspan is 9–13 mm.^[4] The head is white, mixed with black. Terminal joint of palpi shorter than second. Forewings are dark grey, mixed with black; some indistinct whitish spots towards base; a semicircular white costal blotch before middle, enclosing a blackish costal mark, and posteriorly suffused with yellow-ochreous in disc; a small whitish tornal spot, and a larger one on costa opposite. Hindwings under 1,grey. The larva is whitish green; dots black; head yellow-brown; plate of 2 yellow brown, black-marked^[5]^[6] ^[7] ^[8]

Adults are on wing from May to June.

The larvae feed on Quercus, Castanea sativa, Betula, Acer and Salix eleagnos.^[9]

References

^ Fauna Europaea
^ 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
^ Hants Moths
^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ 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
^ Heath, J.,ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2
^ Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
^ lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ UKmoths

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[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] Hants Moths

[4] rolepidoptera.nl Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine

[5] 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

[6] Heath, J.,ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2

[7] Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society

[8] rum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[9] UKmoths

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