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Caryocolum tricolorella

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Caryocolum tricolorella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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[2]
  • Tinea tricolorella Haworth, 1812
  • Caryocolum tricolorellum
  • Recurvaria contigua Haworth, 1828
  • Anacampsis contigua
  • Gelechia contigua
  • Anacampsis tricolorella
  • Gelechia acernella Herrich-Schaffer, 1854

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.

A sprig of Stellaria holostea with a young shoot attacked by larva
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][4] [5][6]

Adults are on wing from June to August.[7]

References

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  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 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  4. ^ Heath, J.,ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2
  5. ^ Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
  6. ^ lepiforum.de includes imagesPublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  7. ^ UKmoths