Carpatolechia proximella

Last updated

Carpatolechia proximella
Carpatolechia proximella, Fenns Moss, North Wales, June 2011 (19869297840).jpg
Carpatolechia proximella, Fenns Moss, North Wales
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Carpatolechia
Species:
C. proximella
Binomial name
Carpatolechia proximella
(Hübner, 1796) [1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea proximella Hübner, 1796
  • Teleia peritellaConstant 1885
  • Lita signatellaEversmann, 1844
  • Teleia proximella ab. ochracellaRomaniszyn, 1933

Carpatolechia proximella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe (except for the Iberian Peninsula and most of the Balkan Peninsula), Turkey, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Siberia. [2]

Contents

The wingspan is 13–17 mm. The head is whitish. Terminal joint of palpi shorter than second. Forewings whitish, irrorated with grey, with a few black scales; fine black marks on costa near base and before and beyond middle; two or three black dots or dashes towards base, and one beneath costa at 1/3; stigmata black, first discal beyond plical, preceded by a sometimes confluent black dot, another black dot beneath second discal, and a discal dash beyond it; fuscous costal and tornal spots at 2/3. Hindwings 1, grey. The larva is pale green; dots black; head yellowish. [3] [4] [5] [6]


Adults are on wing from May to June.

The larvae feed on Betula and Alnus .

Subspecies

Related Research Articles

<i>Athrips mouffetella</i> Species of moth

Athrips mouffetella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from central and northern Europe to the Ural Mountains, Siberia and the Russian Far East. It has also been recorded from North America.

<i>Monochroa lucidella</i> Species of moth

Monochroa lucidella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Spain, Switzerland and most of the Balkan Peninsula. It is recorded from the Near East and Siberia (Transbaikalia).

<i>Teleiodes vulgella</i> Species of moth

Teleiodes vulgella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is known from most of Europe, east to the southern Ural and the Volga region.

<i>Caryocolum fraternella</i> Species of moth

Caryocolum fraternella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Spain, Latvia, Estonia and Ukraine.

<i>Caryocolum marmorea</i> Species of moth

Caryocolum marmorea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean islands, and from Ireland to Poland, Hungary and Greece. It is also found on the Canary Islands and Madeira. It is also found in North America.

<i>Caryocolum tricolorella</i> Species of moth

Caryocolum tricolorella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Alps and Romania and from Ireland to Russia and Ukraine.

<i>Caryocolum vicinella</i> Species of moth

Caryocolum vicinella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, eastwards to the southern Ural.

<i>Carpatolechia decorella</i> Species of moth

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.

<i>Bryotropha domestica</i> Species of moth

Bryotropha domestica is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from Ireland to Germany, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria and from the Benelux to the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily, Crete and Cyprus. It is also found in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, the Middle East, Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

<i>Bryotropha affinis</i> Species of moth

Bryotropha affinis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe.

<i>Bryotropha umbrosella</i> Species of moth

Bryotropha umbrosella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in open dune areas throughout most of north-western Europe. In southern Europe, it is only known from one record from Spain.

<i>Bryotropha similis</i> Species of moth

Bryotropha similis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It has a Holarctic distribution, including Greenland and Iceland. It is widespread in northern, central and eastern Europe. In southern Europe, it is only known from a few mountainous regions. It is also found throughout the Palaearctic.

<i>Carpatolechia fugitivella</i> Species of moth

Carpatolechia fugitivella, the elm groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in almost all of Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, Mongolia, southern Siberia, the Russian Far East and Korea. It is also found in Canada, where it has been recorded from Ontario and Quebec. The habitat consists of woodland, parks, gardens and hedgerows.

<i>Carpatolechia notatella</i> Species of moth

Carpatolechia notatella, the sallow-leaf groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe and Turkey.

<i>Chionodes distinctella</i> Species of moth

Chionodes distinctella, the eastern groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in almost all of Europe, as well as most of Russia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia and North Africa. The habitat consists of dry, rocky heath and meadows and the verges and rough pastures.

<i>Chionodes fumatella</i> Species of moth

Chionodes fumatella, the downland groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in almost all of Europe. Outside of Europe, it is found in Turkey, the Caucasus, Mongolia and from Siberia to the Russian Far East.

<i>Exoteleia dodecella</i> Species of moth

Exoteleia dodecella, the pine bud moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is widely distributed from western Europe to Siberia. It is an introduced species in North America.

Hypatima ericta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Sri Lanka.

<i>Scrobipalpa instabilella</i> Species of moth

Scrobipalpa instabilella, the saltern groundling, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by John William Douglas in 1846. It is found in on the Canary Islands, in Algeria, Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Greece, Cyprus and Palestine. It is also present in the United States, where it has been recorded from California.

Battaristis orthocampta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana.

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. 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
  4. Heath, J.,ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2
  5. 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
  6. lepiforum.de includes images PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .