Caryocolum amaurella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Caryocolum |
Species: | C. amaurella
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Binomial name | |
Caryocolum amaurella (Hering, 1924)
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Caryocolum amaurella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Denmark, Fennoscandia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Estonia, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, former Yugoslavia, Hungary, Greece, Ukraine and Russia.[1] It is also present in Turkey.[2] The species is restricted to warm and sunny habitats such as dry meadows and pastures from lowland localities to about 2,200 meters in the Alps.[3]
The length of the forewings is 5–6 mm.[4] Adults have been recorded on wing from late June to late September.
The larvae feed on Lychnis viscaria.