Stenolechia gemmella
Species of moth
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Stenolechia gemmella (black-dotted groundling) is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is known from most of Europe
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Stenolechia |
| Species: | S. gemmella |
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The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The head is white. Forewings are whitish, somewhat sprinkled with brownish; a spot on costa near base and another at 1/3, an inwardly oblique fascia beyond middle, somewhat interrupted near costa, a spot on base of dorsum, and another at tornus black; some black scales towards apex; vein 4 absent. Hindwings are light grey. The larva is whitish; spots pale grey; head and plate of 2 yellow-brown, latter grey-speckled.[2][3][4][5]
Adults are on wing from July to September, and is known for its habit of resting in crevices in bark.[6]
The larvae feed on Quercus species. They feed in the young shoots.[7]
