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Carpatolechia alburnella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Carpatolechia
Species:	C. alburnella
Binomial name
Carpatolechia alburnella (Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
Gelechia alburnella Zeller, 1839 Teleiodes alburnella Gelechia alburnella ab. radiella Krulikovski, 1909 Lita seniculella Eversmann, 1844

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) to Siberia. The habitat consists of woodland and heathland.

The wingspan is 13–16 mm. 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. The species overwinters as an egg.

References

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. Hants Moths
4. microlepidoptera.nl Archived July 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
5. UK Moths
6. Lepidoptera of Belgium

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