Biology:Caryocolum pullatella

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Short description: Species of moth

Caryocolum pullatella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Caryocolum
Species:
C. pullatella
Binomial name
Caryocolum pullatella
(Tengstrom, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia pullatella Tengstrom, 1848
  • Gelechia pulla Tengstrom, 1848
  • Gelechia subtractella Walker, 1864
  • Lita alsinella var. livoniella Teich, 1889
  • Gelechia agricolaris Meyrick, 1933

Caryocolum pullatella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Austria, Italy, Denmark , Poland , Estonia, Latvia, Norway , Sweden, Finland , Ukraine , Russia ,[1] Japan ,[2] Alaska, Canada and the northern United States, south to Arizona in the west.[3]

The length of the forewings is 5-6.5 mm. The forewings are mottled dark brown with two median white patches in the cell at one-fifth and the middle.[4] Adults have been recorded on wing from mid-May to mid-October, probably in one generation per year.

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. Bug Guide
  4. Huemer, P (1988). "A taxonomic revision of Caryocolum (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 57: 439–571. http://biostor.org/reference/113933. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13456491 entry