Gelechia hippophaella

The sea buckthorn moth (Gelechia hippophaella) is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Romania and from Great Britain to Ukraine.

A shoot of Hippophae rhamnoides eaten by larva

Larva

Gelechia hippophaella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Gelechia
Species:	G. hippophaella
Binomial name
Gelechia hippophaella (Schrank, 1802)[1]
Synonyms
Tinea hippophaella Schrank, 1802 Gelechia basalis Stainton, 1854 Gelechia acupediella Frey, 1870