Sattleria melaleucella

Sattleria melaleucella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Constant in 1865. It is found in the Apennines and Alps of France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy.[1][2]

Sattleria melaleucella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Sattleria
Species:
S. melaleucella
Binomial name
Sattleria melaleucella
(Constant, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia melaleucella Constant, 1865
  • Gelechia mariae Frey, 1867
  • Gelechia dzieduszyckii fusca Burmann, 1954

The length of the forewings is 7.3-11.6 mm for males and 5.8-8.5 mm for females. The forewings lack a dark stripe along the fold and may have irregular dark transverse bands. Adults are on wing from July to mid-September.[3]

The larvae feed on Cerastium latifolium and Cerastium uniflorum. They live in a silken tube spun along parts of the host plant. Pupation takes place in a silken cocoon spun under a stone or under parts of the host plant.

References
  1. funet.fi
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Pitkin, L.M. & Sattler, K., 1991: Sattleria: a European genus of brachypterous alpine moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology), 60: 205–241. Full article:



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