Carpatolechia fugitivella explained

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]

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.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20131005015000/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=437235 Fauna Europaea
  2. 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. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=1874.2 mothphotographersgroup
  4. http://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/species/0772.php Hants Moths
  5. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and description
  6. http://www.microlepidoptera.nl/soorten/species.php?speciescode=330460&p=1 microlepidoptera.nl