Pseudotelphusa paripunctella

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Pseudotelphusa paripunctella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Pseudotelphusa
Species:
P. paripunctella
Binomial name
Pseudotelphusa paripunctella
(Thunberg, 1794) [1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea paripunctellaThunberg, 1794
  • Telphusa dodecellaWood, 1839
  • Teleia triparella ab. griseellaPreissecker, 1931
  • Telphusa triparella r. myricaeGilles, 1936
  • Teleia triparella var. sultanellaCaradja, 1920
  • Oecophora tigratellaCosta, 1836
  • Gelechia trijugellaErschoff, 1877
  • Gelechia triparellaZeller, 1839
  • Exoteleia pseudowagaeSvensson, 1993

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

Oak leaves spun together and eaten by larva Pseudotelphusa paripunctella oak leaves spun together and eaten by larva.JPG
Oak leaves spun together and eaten by larva
Larva Pseudotelphusa paripunctella larva.JPG
Larva

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] [5] [6] [7]

Adults are on wing from May to June. [8]

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.

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