Carpatolechia minor

Carpatolechia minor is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Austria.[1]

Carpatolechia minor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Carpatolechia
Species:
C. minor
Binomial name
Carpatolechia minor
(Kasy, 1978)
Synonyms
  • Teleiodes minor Kasy, 1978

The wingspan is 12.9-14.3 mm. The forewings are brownish-grey with ill-defined black flecks and stripes and a prominent spot. The hindwings are brownish-grey, but lighter at the base.[2]

The larvae feed on Ulmus minor.[3] They are light brown.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. KASY, F. (1979): Die Schmetterlingsfauna des Naturschutzgebietes Hackelsberg, Nordburgenland. — Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 30, Supplement: 1-44
  3. Carpatolechia at funet
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