Caryocolum vicinella

Caryocolum vicinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Caryocolum
Species: C. vicinella
Binomial name
Caryocolum vicinella
(Douglas, 1851)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia vicinella Douglas, 1851
  • Lita inflatella Chretien, 1901
  • Gnorimoschema inflatella
  • Phtorimaea inflatella

Caryocolum vicinella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in most of Europe, eastwards to the southern Ural.[2]

Taxonomy

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark brown. There is a light dorsal margin between one- and three-fifths and two white wedge-shaped spots extend from the fold towards the costa at one-fifth.[3] Adults are on wing from July to September.[4]

The larvae feed on Cerastium arvense, Dianthus, Lychnis alpina, Lychnis viscaria, Minuartia, Petrorhagia prolifera, Petrorhagia saxifraga, Silene inflata, Silene nutans, Silene vulgaris maritima, Spergularia rubra, Stellaria media, Stellaria nemorum and Stellaria uliginosum. They may mine the leaves of their host plant when young, but this is unconfirmed. Older larvae mine the stem of their host plant, although other sources state they live among spun shoots.[5] Larvae can be found from mid April to the beginning of June.

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References

  1. ↑ "Caryocolum vicinella (Douglas 1851)". Faunaeur.org. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  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. ↑ "826 Caryocolum vicinella". UKmoths.org. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  5. ↑ "Caryocolum vicinella (Douglas, 1851)". Bladmineerders.nl. Retrieved 2014-06-05.

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