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Carpatolechia aenigma

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Carpatolechia aenigma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Carpatolechia
Species:
C. aenigma
Binomial name
Carpatolechia aenigma
(Sattler, 1983)
Synonyms
  • Teleiodes aenigma Sattler, 1983

Carpatolechia aenigma is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Ukraine and Russia[1] (the Ural Mountains and Lower Volga).[2]

The wingspan is 10–13 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to July.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Tilia cordata and Quercus robur.[3]

References

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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. ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived March 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine