Chrysoesthia drurella

Chrysoesthia drurella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Chrysoesthia
Species:	C. drurella
Binomial name
Chrysoesthia drurella (Fabricius, 1775) [1]
Synonyms
Tinea drurellaFabricius, 1775 Pyralis myllerellaFabricius, 1794 Tinea myllerella Tinea zinckeellaHübner, 1810-13 Cosmopteryx hierochloaeStainton, 1870 Cosmopteryx orichalciellaMorris, 1870 Tinea hermannellaFabricius, 1781

Chrysoesthia drurella is a moth from the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, Russia and North America. ^[2]

Mined leaves of Chenopodium (3b, 3b*)

Mined leaf

Young larva (3a), adult larva (3a*)

The wingspan is 7–9 mm.

The host plants are Chenopodium and Atriplex species. Chrysoesthia drurella can mainly be found in agricultural areas. The moth has two generations in one year. The first in May and June and the second in August and September.

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