Sattleria dzieduszyckii

Sattleria dzieduszyckii is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Nowicki in 1864. It is found in the Carpathian Mountains of Poland, Slovakia, Romania and former Yugoslavia.[1][2]

Sattleria dzieduszyckii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Sattleria
Species:
S. dzieduszyckii
Binomial name
Sattleria dzieduszyckii
(Nowicki, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia (Anacampsis) dzieduszyckii Nowicki, 1864
  • Gelechia dzieduszyckii tatrica Gregor & Povolný, 1955

The length of the forewings is 6.9-8.8 mm for males and 4.9-5.6 mm for females. The forewings are usually uniform without large dark areas, although some males have a diffuse dark spot at two-thirds. The plical stigma is sometimes indistinctly extended towards the base. Adults are on wing from June to mid-August.[3]

The larvae possibly feed on Saxifraga species, Silene acaulis or Cerastium species.

References
  1. "Sattleria". ftp.funet.fi.
  2. "Fauna Europaea". www.faunaeur.org.
  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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