Carpatolechia fugitivella

Elm groundling
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Carpatolechia
Species:	C. fugitivella
Binomial name
	Carpatolechia fugitivella; (Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
	Gelechia fugitivella Zeller, 1839; Teleiodes fugitivella; Klaussattleria vovkella Piskunov, 1973; Teleiodes vovkella; Carpatolechia fugitivella deserta Emelyanov, 1982; Teleia fugitivella ab. melanella Romaniszyn, 1933;

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]

References

^ 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
^ mothphotographersgroup
^ Hants Moths
^ 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
^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived July 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

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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] thphotographersgroup

[4] Hants Moths

[5] 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

[6] rolepidoptera.nl Archived July 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

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