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Gelechia hippophaella

Synonyms: Gelechia acupediella; Gelechia basalis; Gelechia hippophaeella; Gelechia hyppophaelle; Tinea hippophaella (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The sea buckthorn moth (Gelechia hippophaella) is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Romania and from Great Britain to Ukraine. The wingspan is 17–21 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September.
View Wikipedia Record: Gelechia hippophaella

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Saltfleetby–Theddlethorpe Dunes and Gibraltar Point 2373 England, United Kingdom  
Sandwich Bay 2812 England, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Hippophae rhamnoides (seabuckthorn)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Cacopsylla zetterstedti1
Eupithecia innotata (Angle-barred Pug)1
Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Brown-tail)1
Lasiocampa quercus (Oak Eggar)1
Orthosia gracilis (Powdered Quaker)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0