Gnorimoschema streliciella

Gnorimoschema streliciella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is locally distributed from central and northern Europe to the southern Ural Mountains and from Siberia and Mongolia to the Amur region and northern China.[2]

Gnorimoschema streliciella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Gnorimoschema
Species:
G. streliciella
Binomial name
Gnorimoschema streliciella
Synonyms
  • Gelechia streliciella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Phthorimaea strelitziella Heinemann, 1870
  • Gelechia cinctipunctella Erschoff, [1877]
  • Gnorimoschema mongolorum Povolný, 1969

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July.[3]

The larvae feed on Antennaria dioica. They mine the lower leaves of their host plant from within a silken tube made just below the surface of the ground.[4]

Subspecies
  • Gnorimoschema streliciella streliciella
  • Gnorimoschema streliciella mongolorum Povolny, 1969

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. "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  4. bladmineerders.nl


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