Caryocolum blandelloides

Caryocolum blandelloides is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Great Britain, Spain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Scandinavia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Poland, Ukraine, Russia and Greece, as well as on Corsica, Sardinia and Crete.[1]

Caryocolum blandelloides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Caryocolum
Species:
C. blandelloides
Binomial name
Caryocolum blandelloides
Karsholt, 1981

The length of the forewings is 4.5–6 mm for males and 4–5.5 mm for females.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from late July to early August.

The larvae feed on Cerastium arvense strictum and possibly Cerastium semidecandrum.

References

edit
  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.