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Caryocolum peregrinella

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Species of moth

Caryocolum peregrinella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Caryocolum
Species: C. peregrinella
Binomial name
Caryocolum peregrinella
(Herrich-Schaffer, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia peregrinella Herrich-Schaffer, 1854
  • Gelechia melantypella Mann, 1877
  • Caryocolum melantypellum

Caryocolum peregrinella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in northern Spain, the southern Alps (France, Italy, Slovenia and Austria), Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Greece.

The length of the forewings is 7.5–8 mm for males and 7.5–9 mm for females. Adults have been recorded on wing from mid-July to mid-September.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Silene ciliata and Petrocoptis pyrenaica. Larvae can be found in mid-June.

References

  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. Caryocolum peregrinella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) new to Spain and notes on the biology (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
Taxon identifiers
Caryocolum peregrinella


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