Carpatolechia yangyangensis

Carpatolechia yangyangensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Carpatolechia
Species:	C. yangyangensis
Binomial name
Carpatolechia yangyangensis (Park, 1992)
Synonyms
Teleiodes yangyangensis Park, 1992

Carpatolechia yangyangensis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Korea, Japan and China (Jilin).^[1]

The wingspan is 12–15 mm. The species can be distinguished by the well-developed scale tufts on the forewings, a central yellowish patch, as well as a distinct yellowish white patch on the costa beyond the postmedian band. Adults are on wing in July, probably in one generation per year.^[2]

References

1. Carpatolechia at funet
2. Insecta Koreana 9 : 8 Archived July 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.