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Carpatolechia decorella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Carpatolechia
Species:	C. decorella
Binomial name
Carpatolechia decorella (Haworth, 1812)
Synonyms
Tinea decorella Haworth, 1812 Gelechia humeralis Zeller, 1839 Anacampsis lyellella Humphreys & Westwood, 1845 Lita incretella Duponchel, 1845 Lita humeralella Bruand d'uzelle, 1851 Lita marmoripennella Bruand d'uzelle, 1851 Gelechia pisticella Norvicki, 1860 Gelechia scabra Staudinger, 1870 Gelechia erschoffii Frey, 1880 Teleia subericolella Caradja, 1920 Gelechia buckwelli Lucas, 1956 Carpatolechia dumitrescui Capuse, 1964

Carpatolechia decorella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, as well as in Turkey, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, North Africa and on the Canary Islands.

The wingspan is 11–15 mm. The forewings are ochreous- whitish, often more or less mixed or wholly suffused with fuscous, sometimes ochreous-mixed with a black mark along costa at base ; stigmata large, black, very irregular, plical sometimes connected with costal mark, first discal much beyond plical. Hindwings somewhat over 1, light grey.

Adults emerge in July and overwinter. They can sometimes be found again in the following spring.

The larvae feed on Quercus and Cornus species. They feed inside a folded leaf their host plant.

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. microlepidoptera.nl Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
4. 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
5. Heath, J.,ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2
6. Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. . 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
7. lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
8. UKmoths

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