Pseudotelphusa paripunctella

Pseudotelphusa paripunctella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Pseudotelphusa
Species:	P. paripunctella
Binomial name
	Pseudotelphusa paripunctella; (Thunberg, 1794)
Synonyms
	Tinea paripunctella Thunberg, 1794; Telphusa dodecella Wood, 1839; Teleia triparella ab. griseella Preissecker, 1931; Telphusa triparella r. myricae Gilles, 1936; Teleia triparella var. sultanella Caradja, 1920; Oecophora tigratella Costa, 1836; Gelechia trijugella Erschoff, 1877; Gelechia triparella Zeller, 1839; Exoteleia pseudowagae Svensson, 1993;

Pseudotelphusa paripunctella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from most of Europe to Siberia and the Caucasus.^[2]

The wingspan is 9–16 mm.^[3] The head is whitish-ochreous. Terminal joint of palpi shorter than second. Forewings whitish ochreous, partly suffused with pale brownish-ochreous; usually some black scales on a basal dot, two or three costal marks, and round termen in cilia; two black dots transversely placed in disc at 1/4; stigmata black, first discal above plical, another black dot below second discal. Hindwings 1, light grey. The larva is yellowish-green; dots black;head pale brown.^[4]

Adults are on wing from May to June.^[5]

The larvae feed on various deciduous tree and bushes, including Myrica gale, Hippophae rhamnoides, Fagus, Betula and Quercus species. They feed from within spun leaves. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.

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
^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 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
^ 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] rolepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine

[4] 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

[5] UKmoths

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