Gelechia senticetella
Gelechia senticetella, the cypress groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1859. It is found in most of Europe, including Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, North Macedonia, Sicily, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine. It is thought to be an introduced species in Great Britain.

The wingspan is 10-13.5 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on "Juniperus communis", other "Juniperus" species and "Thuja", "Chaemocyparis" and "Cupressus" species. They mine the leaves of their host plant, later living within a silken tube or tent.
Q1725788
moth
Concept
Q778491
Gelechiidae
Concept
Q40
Austria
LOC
Q31
Belgium
LOC
Q225
Bosnia and Herzegovina
LOC
Q224
Croatia
LOC
Q229
Cyprus
LOC
Q142
France
LOC
Q183
Germany
LOC
Q41
Greece
LOC
Q28
Hungary
LOC
Q38
Italy
LOC
Q221
North Macedonia
LOC
Q1460
Sicily
LOC
Q214
Slovakia
LOC
Q29
Spain
LOC
Q39
Switzerland
LOC
Q212
Ukraine
LOC
Q1065449
introduced species
Concept
Q23666
Great Britain
LOC
Q245097
wingspan
Concept
Q26325
Juniperus communis
Concept
Q25662
Juniperus
Concept
Q147255
Thuja
Concept
None
Chaemocyparis
UNK
Q146911
Cupressus
Concept
Q1544843
mine
Concept
Q14529429
Gelechia senticetella
Concept
1859-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1859
DATE
+10^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
10
NUMBER
-13.5^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-13.5
NUMBER
host
host
located in the administrative territorial entity