Carpatolechia alburnella explained

Carpatolechia alburnella, the suffused groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from most of Europe (except Ireland and the Balkan Peninsula)^[1] to Siberia.^[2] The habitat consists of woodland and heathland.^[3]

The wingspan is 13–16 mm.^[4] Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Betula species. They live between spun or folded leaves of their host plant.^[5] The species overwinters as an egg.^[6]

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20131004220552/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=437240 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://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/species/0771.php Hants Moths
4. http://www.microlepidoptera.nl/soorten/species.php?speciescode=330450&p=2 microlepidoptera.nl
5. https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=771 UK Moths
6. https://archive.today/20130909104932/http://webh01.ua.ac.be/vve/Checklists/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Calburnella.htm Lepidoptera of Belgium