Gelechia rhombella, the apple groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Europe, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, southern Siberia, the Russian Far East,[2] Korea and China (Gansu, Qinghai, Jilin).[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Gelechia |
| Species: | G. rhombella
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| Gelechia rhombella | |
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The wingspan is 13–17 mm.[4] Terminal joint of palpi as long as second. Forewings pale ochreous to light fuscous, sprinkled with black; a black spot along costa at base, and another at 2/3; stigmata black, plical minute, second discal usually forming a bent mark; a dark tornal spot ; sometimes a faint pale angulated fascia at 3/4; usually blackish terminal spots. Hindwings somewhat over 1, pale grey, darker terminally. Larva dark green, sides reddish-tinged ; subdorsal and spiracular lines whitish ; head dark brown ; plate of 2 black, bisected: between joined leaves of apple. [5]
The larvae feed on Malus species (including Malus domestica) and Pyrus communis.[6]
References
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- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
- ^ New Faunistic Data for the Family Gelechiidae in the Korean peninsula and NE China (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
- ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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- ^ UKmoths
