Gelechia rhombella

Gelechia rhombella
Gelechia rhombella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

The wingspan is 13–17 mm.[4]

The larvae feed on Malus species (including Malus domestica) and Pyrus communis.[5]

  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