Teleiopsis bagriotella

Teleiopsis bagriotella is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of Palpenmotten ( Gelechiidae ).

• 3.1 Flight times and caterpillars

• 4.1 Synonyms

Features

The moths reach a wingspan of 17-22 mm and resemble Teleiopsis diffinis. However, the front wings are darker and have a dark gray-brown color. The bright areas in the legs are often colored pink. Regarding the variability resemble the butterflies T. diffinis, the forms are but darker or blackish. Occasionally bright areas of the labial palps are pink. The variability depends to some extent on the geographical location and appears to correlate well with geology at the discovery site.

Similar Species

• Teleiopsis diffinis differs from similar species mainly by the inclined outward in the first quarter tie wings protruding from black scales.
• Teleiopsis albifemorella
• Teleiopsis latisacculus

Occurrence

Teleiopsis bagriotella is native to the mountains of Europe, the range extends from Portugal and Spain to Greece. In the north it extends to the Tatras. Outside Europe, there is evidence from Turkey. The species is found at altitudes of 1,200 to 3,000 meters.

Way of life

The larvae live in Alpine sorrel ( Oxyria digyna ) where they live in tubular cocoons.

Flight times and caterpillars

The moths fly from June to October, they are often found in artificial light sources. The larvae live in early July.

System

Synonyms

From the literature, the following synonyms are known:

• Anacampsis bagriotella Duponchel,
• [without genus] elatella Herrich -Schäffer, 1853
• Gelechia elatella Herrich -Schäffer, 1854