Gelechia sororculella

Gelechia sororculella, the dark-striped groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is widely distributed from Europe, throughout Siberia to the Russian Far East.^[2]

Dark-striped groundling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Gelechia
Species:	G. sororculella
Binomial name
Gelechia sororculella (Hübner, 1817)[1]
Synonyms
Tinea sororculella Hübner, 1817 Tines sororculella

Life cycle and description

The wingspan is 15–17 mm.^[3] The terminal joint of palpi is almost as long as second. Forewings rather dark fuscous, more or less whitish-sprinkled, paler dorsally, between veins blackish mixed; a white dot in disc at 1/4; stigmata black, first discal conspicuously white-ringed, other two partly white-edged, first and second discal connected by a blackish streak; a blackish interrupted streak along fold; a fine whitish angulated fascia at 3/4; terminal blackish dots, partly whitish-edged. Hind wings are over 1, grey.The larva is whitish green; dorsal and lateral lines broad, brown; head brown.^[4][5][6][7]

Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation per year.

Ova

Eggs are laid on willows (Salix species), usually goat willow (S. caprea) but also eared willow (S. aurita), grey willow (S. cinerea), purple willow (S. purpurea), creeping willow (S.repens) and osier (S. viminalis).^[8]

Larva

Larvae can be found in May.^[9]

Pupa

The pale brown pupa can be found in May and June in a spinning among leaves.^[9]