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Caryocolum tricolorella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Caryocolum
Species:	C. tricolorella
Binomial name
Caryocolum tricolorella (Haworth, 1812)
Synonyms
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.

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.

Adults are on wing from June to August.

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. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf 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. . 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
6. lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
7. UKmoths

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