Gelechia scotinella

Gelechia scotinella, the thicket groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854 and is found in almost all of Europe. The habitat consists of mature hedgerows and scrubland.^[2]

Gelechia scotinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Gelechia
Species:	G. scotinella
Binomial name
Gelechia scotinella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854[1]
Synonyms
Gelechia confusella Heinemann, 1870 Gelechia consprucatella Heinemann, 1870 Gelechia kiesenwetteri Heuacker, 1873 Lita baueri Rebel, 1917 Gelechia (Lita) lakatensis Rebel, 1904