Carpatolechia decorella

Carpatolechia decorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Carpatolechia
Species: C. decorella
Binomial name
Carpatolechia decorella
(Haworth, 1812)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea decorella Haworth, 1812
  • Gelechia humeralis Zeller, 1839
  • Anacampsis lyellella Humphreys & Westwood, 1845
  • Lita incretella Duponchel, 1845
  • Lita humeralella Bruand d'uzelle, 1851
  • Lita marmoripennella Bruand d'uzelle, 1851
  • Gelechia pisticella Norvicki, 1860
  • Gelechia scabra Staudinger, 1870
  • Gelechia erschoffii Frey, 1880
  • Teleia subericolella Caradja, 1920
  • Gelechia buckwelli Lucas, 1956
  • Carpatolechia dumitrescui Capuse, 1964

Carpatolechia decorella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in most of Europe, as well as in Turkey, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, North Africa and on the Canary Islands.[2]

Stems of Epilobium with gall-like swellings caused by the larvae and section of stem inhabited by the larva
Larva

The wingspan is 11–15 mm.[3] Adults emerge in July and overwinter. They can sometimes be found again in the following spring.[4]

The larvae feed on Quercus and Cornus species. They feed inside a folded leaf their host plant.

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. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
  4. ↑ UKmoths
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