Carpatolechia proximella

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]

Carpatolechia proximella
Scientific classification
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 peritella Constant 1885
  • Lita signatella Eversmann, 1844
  • Teleia proximella ab. ochracella Romaniszyn, 1933

The wingspan is 13–17 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June.

The larvae feed on Betula and Alnus.

Subspecies
  • Carpatolechia proximella proximella
  • Carpatolechia proximella peritella (Constant, 1885) (Corsica)
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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


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