Caryocolum huebneri

Caryocolum huebneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Caryocolum
Species: C. huebneri
Binomial name
Caryocolum huebneri
(Haworth, 1829)
Synonyms
  • Recurvaria huebneri Haworth, 1829
  • Gelechia hubnerella Doubleday, 1859
  • Gelechia knaggsiella Stainton 1866
  • Caryocolum knaggsiella

Caryocolum huebneri is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Netherlands, the Iberian Peninsula, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania and most of the Balkan Peninsula.[1] In the east, the range extends to the Ural Mountains.[2]

The wingspan is 9–12 mm.[3] The forewings are whitish, densely mottled with mid-brown, light brown and orange-brown.[4] Adults have been recorded on wing from mid-July to late August.

The larvae feed on the shoots of Stellaria holostea.[5] They live between shoots spun together with silk. Larvae can be found in May.

References

  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. Hants Moths
  4. Huemer, P (1988). "A taxonomic revision of Caryocolum (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 57: 439–571.
  5. lepidoptera.pl
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