Stomopteryx detersella

Stomopteryx detersella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847. It is found in southern and eastern Europe, where it has been recorded from Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Russia and Ukraine, as well as on Sicily, Crete and the Canary Islands.[1][2]

Stomopteryx detersella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Stomopteryx
Species:
S. detersella
Binomial name
Stomopteryx detersella
(Zeller, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia detersella Zeller, 1847
  • Anacampsis egenella Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
  • Phthorimaea palermitella Laharpe, 1860
  • Stomopteryx obliteratella Turati, 1924
  • Bryotropha griseella Dufrane, 1955

The wingspan is about 17 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Eryngium species. At first, the larvae mine the outer layers of the stem, but later bore the stem.[4]

References
  1. funet.fi
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. lepiforum.de
  4. bladmineerders.nl


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