Carpatolechia alburnella

Carpatolechia alburnella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Carpatolechia
Species: C. alburnella
Binomial name
Carpatolechia alburnella
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia alburnella Zeller, 1839
  • Teleiodes alburnella
  • Gelechia alburnella ab. radiella Krulikovski, 1909
  • Lita seniculella Eversmann, 1844

Carpatolechia alburnella, the suffused groundling, is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found from most of Europe (except Ireland and the Balkan Peninsula)[1] to Siberia.[2] The habitat consists of woodland and heathland.[3]

The wingspan is 13–16 mm.[4] Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Betula species. They live between spun or folded leaves of their host plant.[5] The species overwinters as an egg.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
  3. ↑ Hants Moths
  4. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
  5. ↑ UK Moths
  6. ↑ Lepidoptera of Belgium
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