Stenolechia gemmella (black-dotted groundling) is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is known from most of Europe

Stenolechia gemmella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Stenolechia
Species:	S. gemmella
Binomial name
Stenolechia gemmella (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena (Tinea) gemmella Linnaeus, 1758 Alucita nivella Fabricius, 1794 Recurvaria nivea Haworth, 1828 Lita nigrovittella Duponchel, [1839] Gelechia (Brachmia) lepidella Zeller, 1839

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The head is white. Forewings are whitish, somewhat sprinkled with brownish; a spot on costa near base and another at 1/3, an inwardly oblique fascia beyond middle, somewhat interrupted near costa, a spot on base of dorsum, and another at tornus black; some black scales towards apex; vein 4 absent. Hindwings are light grey. The larva is whitish; spots pale grey; head and plate of 2 yellow-brown, latter grey-speckled.[2]

Adults are on wing from July to September, and is known for its habit of resting in crevices in bark.[3]

The larva feed on Quercus species. They feed in the young shoots. They cause withered leaves and occasionally swellings. Pupation normally takes place in the shoot, but occasionally outside.[4]

References

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