Teleiodes flavimaculella, the chestnut groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is widely but locally distributed in Europe (except the northernmost and southernmost parts), east to Siberia.[2]
Teleiodes flavimaculella | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Teleiodes |
Species: | T. flavimaculella |
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Teleiodes flavimaculella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)[1] | |
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The wingspan is 9–13 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from May to July in one generation per year.[4]
The larvae possibly feed on Castanea sativa and Quercus.
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