Caryocolum repentis

Caryocolum repentis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Gelechiidae
Genus:Caryocolum
Species: C. repentis
Binomial name
Caryocolum repentis
Huemer & Luquet, 1992

Caryocolum repentis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia[1] and Russia (the southern Ural).[2]

The length of the forewings is 5-5.5 mm for males and 4.5–5 mm for females.[3]

The larvae feed on Gypsophila repens. Young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch occupying the leaf from the base to the tip. The frass is ejected through the entrance opening. Older larvae live free between a number of young leaves that are held together by a spinning. Larvae can be found from May to late June.[4] They have a yellowish green body and a black head.

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. ↑ HUEMER, P. & G. C. LUQUET (1992): De l'identité de Lita repentella CHRÉTIEN, 1908 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). — Nota lepidopterologica 15 (1): 29-40
  4. ↑ bladmineerders.nl


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