Caryocolum pullatella

Caryocolum pullatella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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 species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Europe (Austria, Italy, Denmark, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Ukraine, Russia), Japan, and in North America (Canada, United States), south to Arizona in the west.

The length of the forewings is 5-6.5 mm. 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.