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

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]

Adults are on wing from May to June.

The larvae feed on Betula and Alnus.

Subspecies

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

References

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  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   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
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