Teleiodes saltuum is a species of moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from Norway and Sweden south to France, Italy, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro and Romania and from the Netherlands east to Poland.

Teleiodes saltuum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Teleiodes
Species:
T. saltuum
Binomial name
Teleiodes saltuum
(Zeller, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia (Teleia) proximella var. saltuum Zeller, 1878
  • Gelechia nigristrigella Wocke, 1898

The wingspan is 15–18 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Larix species and Pinus sylvestris.

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