Gelechiidae : Gelechiinae
Teleiopsis diffinis
TELEIOPSIS diffinis (Haworth, 1828)
Teleiopsis diffinis
TELEIOPSIS diffinis (Haworth, 1828)
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Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Large Groundling
Wingspan: 13-18mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Slovenia) : North Africa : near East : central Asia
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of Britain,excluding Outer Hebrides or Shetland : Ireland - Local
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Dry Grassland : Heathland : Vegetated Shingle
Similar Species -
Observations: The forewing is long,greyish brown or greyish with blackish or dark brown spots and with very fine white speckling.The basal line is almost black and made up of a series of spots which aften are joined to form a cross line.At a third long the wing from base are two blotches in the centre of the wing with a further two occuring at two thirds and adjoined to the dorsum.Adjacent to these blotches is a faint,very thin, white cross line.
The moth normally appears from May to October with two generations and sometimes also appear in March.
The moth is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 13-18mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Slovenia) : North Africa : near East : central Asia
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of Britain,excluding Outer Hebrides or Shetland : Ireland - Local
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Recurvaria diffinis (Haworth, 1828)
- Tinea vulgella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Not Specified
Habitat: Dry Grassland : Heathland : Vegetated Shingle
Similar Species -
- None
Observations: The forewing is long,greyish brown or greyish with blackish or dark brown spots and with very fine white speckling.The basal line is almost black and made up of a series of spots which aften are joined to form a cross line.At a third long the wing from base are two blotches in the centre of the wing with a further two occuring at two thirds and adjoined to the dorsum.Adjacent to these blotches is a faint,very thin, white cross line.
The moth normally appears from May to October with two generations and sometimes also appear in March.
The moth is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Polygonaceae - Docks - Sorrels - Knotweeds - Smartweeds
- Rumex acetosa - Common Sorrel (Roots)
- Rumex acetosella - Sheeps Sorrel - Red Sorrel (Roots)
- Rumex crispus - Curled Dock (Roots)
- Rumex acetosa - Common Sorrel (Roots)
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Gelechioidea Gelechiidae Gelechiinae TELEIODES Sattler, 1960 Teleiodes diffinis (Haworth, 1828) - Tinea vulgella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - RECURVARIA diffinis (Haworth, 1828) = Gelechia diffinella Doubleday, 1850 = Gelechia dissimilella Treitschke, 1833 = Lita friesella Zetterstedt 1839 = Gelechia groenliensis Strand, 1920 = Gelechia scabidella Zeller 1839 - Lepidoptera Britannica (4): Title Page : p.551 n.20 - Not Specified |