Caryocolum tricolorella

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Caryocolum tricolorella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Caryocolum
Species:
C. tricolorella
Binomial name
Caryocolum tricolorella
(Haworth, 1812) [1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea tricolorellaHaworth, 1812
  • Caryocolum tricolorellum
  • Recurvaria contiguaHaworth, 1828
  • Anacampsis contigua
  • Gelechia contigua
  • Anacampsis tricolorella
  • Gelechia acernellaHerrich-Schaffer, 1854 [2]

Caryocolum tricolorella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Alps and Romania and from Ireland to Russia and Ukraine.

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A sprig of Stellaria holostea with a young shoot attacked by larva
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Larva

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The head is dark fuscous, face whitish-suffused. Terminal joint of palpi almost as long as second. Forewings are ferruginous-brown, costa and termen suffused with blackish; a white rather oblique fascia at 1/4, followed by a triangular black costal blotch; a white irroration in middle of disc; second discal stigma black; an angulated white fascia at 3/4 sometimes interrupted to form two spots, costal larger and rather posterior. Hindwings 1, light grey. [3]

Adults are on wing from June to August. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Huemer, P (1988). "A taxonomic revision of Caryocolum (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 57: 439–571.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  4. ↑ UKmoths


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