Teleiodes kaitilai

Last updated

Teleiodes kaitilai
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Teleiodes
Species:
T. kaitilai
Binomial name
Teleiodes kaitilai
Junnilainen, 2010

Teleiodes kaitilai is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia (the southern Ural and southern Buryatia). The habitat consists of taiga forests.

The wingspan is 14.5–16.5 mm. The forewings are fuscous, densely mottled with dark brown scales. Forewing markings are more or less distinct blackish-brown spots. The hindwings are fuscous. [1] Adults are on wing from mid-June to mid-July.

The larvae possibly feed on Larix sibirica .

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Mr. Jari-Pekka Kaitila, who was the first to recognize that the specimens representing Teleiodes kaitilai, are not conspecific with Teleiodes saltuum .

Related Research Articles

Megacraspedus albovenata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the southern Urals, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The habitat consists of grassy steppe.

Caulastrocecis interstratella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the southern part of European Russia and central Turkey. The habitat consists of calcareous areas.

Athrips aquila is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia and south-eastern Kazakhstan. The habitat consists of steppes with dominant shrubs such as Spiraea crenata, Spiraea hypericifolia, Caragana frutex and Cotoneaster melanocarpus.

Athrips bidzilyai is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia. The habitat consists of rocky steppe slopes and grassy lowland steppes.

Bryotropha nupponeni is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the southern Ural region of Russia.

Caryocolum pullatella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Austria, Italy, Denmark, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Ukraine, Russia, Japan, Alaska, Canada and the northern United States, south to Arizona in the west.

Caulastrocecis perexigella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia.

Metanarsia guberlica is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia. The habitat consists of rocky steppe slopes.

Megacraspedus litovalvellus is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia. The habitat consists of chalk steppes.

Monochroa uralensis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia. The habitat consists of dry steppes close to moist meadows.

Ephysteris tenuisaccus is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia and on Cyprus. The habitat consists of chalk steppe.

Microlechia karsholti is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia. The habitat consists of chalk steppe.

Lutilabria prolata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia and Romania. The habitat consists of steppe.

Syncopacma steppicolella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia. The habitat consists of dry steppe slopes with diversified flora.

Megacraspedus attritellus is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia and possibly Turkey.

Filatima autocrossa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in China, the southern Ural Mountains, the lower Volga region, the Altai Mountains, the Tuva region, the Chita region and the Krasnoyarsk region.

Teleiodes bradleyi is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Korea.

Teleiodes orientalis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Korea and Japan.

Teleiodes soyangae is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Korea.

Teleiodes gangwonensis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in central Korea.

References

  1. Junnilainen, J.; Nupponen, K. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part I: descriptions of seventeen new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2366: 1–34. Preview