Carpatolechia notatella

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]

Carpatolechia notatella
Carpatolechia notatella Bedfordshire, England
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Carpatolechia
Species:	C. notatella
Binomial name
Carpatolechia notatella (Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
Tinea notatella Hübner, 1813 Gelechia euratella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Teleiodes oskella Piskunov, 1973

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 tornns ; 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.