Caryocolum petrophila

Caryocolum petrophila is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Estonia, Scandinavia, North Macedonia and Russia.[1] It is also found in Turkey.[2]

Caryocolum petrophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Caryocolum
Species:
C. petrophila
Binomial name
Caryocolum petrophila
(Preissecker, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia (Lita) petrophila Preissecker, 1914
  • Phthorimaea petrophila
  • Lita petrophilia
  • Caryocolum petrophilon
  • Caryocolum petrophilum
  • Phthorimaea kemnerella Palm, 1947

The length of the forewings is 5–6 mm for males and about 5 mm for females. The forewings are whitish, mottled with grey brown and with scattered orange-brown scales.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from June to mid-September.

The larvae feed on Cerastium arvense and Stellaria graminea. Young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a broad corridor in one half of the leaf and running towards the leaf tip. Most frass is ejected out of the mine. Older larvae live free among spun shoot tips in the spun inflorescence and feed on the flowers. Larvae can be found from May to June.[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". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-09-06.


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