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Caryocolum amaurella

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Caryocolum amaurella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Caryocolum
Species:
C. amaurella
Binomial name
Caryocolum amaurella
(Hering, 1924)
Synonyms
  • Lita amaurella Hering, 1924
  • Phthorimaea amaurella
  • Gnorimoschema amaurellum
  • Lita viscariae Schutze, 1926
  • Phthorimaea viscariae

Caryocolum amaurella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Denmark, Fennoscandia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Estonia, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, former Yugoslavia, Hungary, Greece, Ukraine and Russia.[1] It is also present in Turkey.[2] The species is restricted to warm and sunny habitats such as dry meadows and pastures from lowland localities to about 2,200 meters in the Alps.[3]

The length of the forewings is 5–6 mm.[4] Adults have been recorded on wing from late June to late September.

The larvae feed on Lychnis viscaria.

References

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  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. ^ DNA barcoding as a screening tool for cryptic diversity: an example from Caryocolum, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)
  4. ^ Huemer, P (1988). "A taxonomic revision of Caryocolum (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 57: 439–571.