Caryocolum pullatella
Caryocolum pullatella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Caryocolum |
Species: | C. pullatella |
Binomial name | |
Caryocolum pullatella (Tengstrom, 1848) | |
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Caryocolum pullatella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. 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
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Bug Guide
- ↑ Huemer, P (1988). "A taxonomic revision of Caryocolum (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 57: 439–571.
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