Kingdom Animalia Family Gelechiidae Genus Pseudotelphusa Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Butterflies and moths, Prolita sexpunctella, Syncopacma cinctella, Syncopacma taeniolella, Mirificarma mulinella | ||
Pseudotelphusa paripunctella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found from most of Europe to Siberia and the Caucasus.
The wingspan is 9–16 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June.
The larvae feed on various deciduous tree and bushes, including Myrica gale, Hippophae rhamnoides, Fagus, Betula and Quercus species. They feed from within spun leaves. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.
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