Carpatolechia alburnella

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)^[1] to Siberia.^[2] The habitat consists of woodland and heathland.^[3]

Carpatolechia alburnella
Scientific classification
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

The wingspan is 13–16 mm.^[4] 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.^[5] The species overwinters as an egg.^[6]