Carpatolechia fugitivella

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Elm groundling
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Carpatolechia fugitivella Moscow Oblast, Russia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Carpatolechia
Species:
C. fugitivella
Binomial name
Carpatolechia fugitivella
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia fugitivellaZeller, 1839
  • Teleiodes fugitivella
  • Klaussattleria vovkellaPiskunov, 1973
  • Teleiodes vovkella
  • Carpatolechia fugitivella desertaEmelyanov, 1982
  • Teleia fugitivella ab. melanellaRomaniszyn, 1933

Carpatolechia fugitivella, the elm groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in almost all of Europe (except Portugal, Croatia and Bulgaria), [1] Turkey, the Caucasus, Mongolia, southern Siberia, the Russian Far East and Korea. [2] It is also found in Canada, where it has been recorded from Ontario and Quebec. [3] The habitat consists of woodland, parks, gardens and hedgerows. [4]

The wingspan is 11–15 mm. The head is whitish, grey sprinkled. Terminal joint of palpi longer than second. Forewings are grey, irrorated with blackish; suffused blackish spots on costa near base and before and beyond middle; a blackish streak along fold, sometimes interrupted into two or three spots; two black dots transversely placed in disc at 2/3; a pale angulated fascia at 3/4 sometimes indicated by darker anterior suffusion. Hindwings are grey. The larva is light green, above reddish-tinged; dots black; head and plate of 2 light brown. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Adults have been recorded on wing from June to September.

The larvae feed on Ulmus species (including Ulmus glabra ), Quercus , Corylus , Prunus avium , Pyracantha coccinea , Acer , Tilia and Fraxinus species. [9]

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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. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ↑ Hants Moths
  5. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  6. ↑ Heath, J.,ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2
  7. ↑ Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
  8. ↑ lepiforum.de includes images PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  9. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl Archived July 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine


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