Gelechia rhombella

Gelechia rhombella, the apple groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is widely distributed in Europe. Outside of Europe, it is found in the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, southern Siberia, the Russian Far East,[2] Korea and China (Gansu, Qinghai, Jilin).[3]

Gelechia rhombella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Gelechia
Species:
G. rhombella
Binomial name
Gelechia rhombella
Synonyms
  • Tinea rhombella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Tinea axilella Thunberg, 1794
  • Recurvaria rhombea Haworth, 1828
  • Gelechia cinereoradicica Szent-Ivány, 1942

The wingspan is 13–17 mm.[4] Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on Malus species (including Malus domestica) and Pyrus communis. They feed from within a folded leaf or between spun leaves.[5]

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. New Faunistic Data for the Family Gelechiidae in the Korean peninsula and NE China (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
  4. "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
  5. UKmoths


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