Chionodes fumatella

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Downland groundling
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species:
C. fumatella
Binomial name
Chionodes fumatella
(Douglas, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia fumatellaDouglas, 1850
  • Chionodes carpellaPiskunov, 1971
  • Gelechia opletellaHerrich-Schaffer, 1854
  • Gelechia celerellaStainton, 1851
  • Gelechia nigricansHeinemann, 1870
  • Gelechia reuttiellaHeinemann, 1870
  • Gelechia syrticolaStaudinger, 1871
  • Gelechia nigricans var. brunneaTeich, 1901

Chionodes fumatella, the downland groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in almost all of Europe (except Portugal and Croatia). [1] Outside of Europe, it is found in Turkey, the Caucasus, Mongolia and from Siberia to the Russian Far East. [2]

The wingspan is 12–19 mm. [3] [4] Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August. [5] The larvae have been reared on Lotus corniculatus .

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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. "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  4. lepiforum.de
  5. UK Moths