Carpatolechia decorella | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Carpatolechia |
Species: | C. decorella |
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Carpatolechia decorella | |
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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]

Larva
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

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- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ 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
- ↑ microlepidoptera.nl Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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- ↑ UKmoths
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