Chrysoesthia sexguttella

Chrysoesthia sexguttella
Chrysoesthia sexguttella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chrysoesthia
Species: C. sexguttella
Binomial name
Chrysoesthia sexguttella
(Thunberg, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Microsetia sexguttella Thunberg, 1794
  • Chrysopora naeviferella (Duponchel, 1843)

Chrysoesthia sexguttella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in all of Europe and the north-eastern parts of North America, where it might be an introduced species.

Mined Atriplex leaf
Larva

The wingspan is 8-10 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June and again from August to September. There are two generations per year.

The larvae mine the leaves of Atriplex species (including Atriplex cakotheca, Atriplex hastata, Atriplex hortensis, Atriplex littoralis, Atriplex prostrata, Atriplex nitens, Atriplex patula and Atriplex sibirica), Chenopodium species (including Chenopodium album, Chenopodium bonus-henricus, Chenopodium giganteum, Chenopodium glaucum, Chenopodium hybridum, Chenopodium murale, Chenopodium opulifolium, Chenopodium polyspermum, Chenopodium quinoa, Chenopodium urbicum and Chenopodium vulvaria), Amaranthus blitum, Amaranthus caudatus, Bassia scoparia and Spinacia. They form a contorted gallery on the surface of the leaves.

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