Kingdom Animalia Family Gelechiidae Genus Neofriseria Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Prolita sexpunctella, Mirificarma mulinella, Syncopacma cinctella, Eulamprotes wilkella, Psoricoptera gibbosella | ||
Neofriseria peliella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland and most of the Balkan Peninsula) east to the Ural Mountains. Outside of Europe, it is found in Turkey and North Africa.
The wingspan is 13–17 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September.
The larvae feed on Rumex acetosella. They initially mine the leaves of their host plant. Young larvae make an irregular blotch in the young leaves. Older larvae live freely in a spinning at the base of the stem and the root crown. Larvae can be found from August to May of the following year. They are chocolate brown with a black head. The species overwinters in the larval stage.
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