Carpatolechia decorella

Carpatolechia decorella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. 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

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

The wingspan is 11–15 mm.[3] Forewings are ochreous- whitish, often more or less mixed or wholly suffused with fuscous, sometimes ochreous-mixed ; a black mark along costa at base ; stigmata large, black, very irregular, plical sometimes connected with costal mark, first discal much beyond plical. Hindwings somewhat over 1, light grey.[4]


Adults emerge in July and overwinter. They can sometimes be found again in the following spring.[5]

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 Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  5. UKmoths


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