Carpatolechia notatella | |
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Carpatolechia notatella Bedfordshire, England | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Carpatolechia |
Species: | C. notatella
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Binomial name | |
Carpatolechia notatella (Hübner, 1813)
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Carpatolechia notatella, the sallow-leaf groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe (except the Iberian Peninsula and most of the Balkan Peninsula)[1] and Turkey.[2]
The wingspan is 12–16 mm (0.47–0.63 in).The head is whitish, grey sprinkled. Terminal joint of palpi as long as second. Fore wings whitish-grey, brownish-tinged in disc, suffusedly irrorated with dark grey, with a few black scales; darker spots on costa near base and before and beyond middle, and on tornus; a black dot at base of dorsum, and two in disc rather near base stigmata black, first discal beyond plical, preceded by a black dot, another black dot beneath second discal. Hindwings 1, grey. The larva is pale grey-greenish; head black; plate of 2 black posteriorly.[3]
Adults have been recorded on wing from May to June.[4]
The larvae feed on Salix species (including Salix caprea, Salix aurita, Salix petrandra, Salix cinerea, Salix repens and Salix alba).[5] They feed on the parenchyma on the underside of the leaves. Larvae can be found from August to September.