Gelechia basipunctella

Gelechia basipunctella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in from central Europe to Russia (Middle Volga, southern Ural, southern Siberia), Turkey and Mongolia.[2]

Gelechia basipunctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Gelechia
Species:
G. basipunctella
Binomial name
Gelechia basipunctella
Synonyms
  • Gelechia albicans Heinemann, 1870
  • Gelechia basiguttella Heinemann, 1870

The larvae feed on Salix species.[3]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
  3. lepiforum.de


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