Recurvaria leucatella (lesser budmoth or white-barred groundling moth) is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, Turkey, Central Asia and the Caucasus.[2]

Recurvaria leucatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Recurvaria
Species:	R. leucatella
Binomial name
Recurvaria leucatella (Clerck, 1759)[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena leucatella Clerck, 1759 Phalaena (Tinea) leucatella Linnaeus, 1761 Erminea leucatea Haworth, 1828 Lita albo-cingulella Duponchel, 1839

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The head is ochreous-white. Forewings are dark fuscous; a broad white or ochreous-white fascia at 1/3; stigmata and a dot below second discal indistinctly blackish, somewhat raised; a white spot on tornus, and another on costa opposite; some white terminal scales. Hindwings are grey. The larva is light brown to whitish-green, more or less rosy-tinged; head and plate of 2 black.[3]

The moths are on wing from June to July depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Crataegus and Malus species.

References

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External links

• Microlepidoptera.nl (in Dutch)
• Lepidoptera of Belgium
• UK Moths