Kingdom Animalia Family Gelechiidae Genus Dichomeris Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Dichomeris, Dichomeris derasella, Butterflies and moths, Acanthophila alacella, Dichomeris limosellus | ||
Dichomeris ustalella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It is found in south-eastern Siberia, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Korea, Japan, China (Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Yunnan) and Europe, where it has been recorded from most of the continent, except for Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula and Scandinavia.
The wingspan is 15–20 mm. Adults are on wing in May and June.
The larvae feed on Tilia cordata, Corylus heterophylla var. thunbergii, Betula, Carpinus and Acer species, as well as Fagus silvatica and Quercus serrata. They feed from in between leaves spun together. Pupation takes places amongst detritus on the ground.
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