Caryocolum junctella

Caryocolum junctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Caryocolum
Species: C. junctella
Binomial name
Caryocolum junctella
(Douglas, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia junctella Douglas, 1851
  • Caryocolum junctellum
  • Lita junctella
  • Phthorimaea junctella
  • Gnorimoschema junctellum
  • Phthorimaea aganocarpa Meyrick, 1935
  • Gnorimoschema aganocarpa

Caryocolum junctella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found from most of Europe (except Ireland, the Netherlands, Croatia, Portugal and possibly Spain and parts of the Balkan Peninsula)[1] east to China and Japan.[2]

The length of the forewings is 4.5–5 mm. The forewings are whitish mottled with greyish brown, particularly at the base, across the middle of the wing and along the dorsum.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from April to August. They overwinter.

The larvae feed on Cerastium arvense, Cerastium glomeratum, Stellaria graminea and Stellaria media. Young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. Older larvae live among spun together tips of shoots of the host plant. Larvae can be found from May to early June. They have an apple green body and black head.[4]

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. ↑ Huemer, P (1988). "A taxonomic revision of Caryocolum (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 57: 439–571.
  4. ↑ bladmineerders.nl
Wikispecies has information related to: Caryocolum junctella
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caryocolum junctella.