Caryocolum petryi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Caryocolum |
| Species: | C. petryi
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| Caryocolum petryi (Hofmann, 1899)
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Caryocolum petryi is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, former Yugoslavia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden and Finland.[2] It is also found in Mongolia and Siberia (Tuva).[3]
The length of the forewings is 4–7 mm for males and 4–6 mm for females. The forewings are grey, dark brown or sometimes black, becoming orange-brown at the dorsal margin, across the wing near the base and in the middle.[4] Adults have been recorded on wing from late June to early September.
The larvae feed on Niger beans. They feed between spun leaves, where pupation also takes place. Larvae can be found from June to August.
Subspecies[edit]
- Caryocolum petryi petryi
- Caryocolum petryi benanderi (Hering, 1933) (Sweden)
References[edit]
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- ^ HUEMER, P. & G. C. LUQUET (1992): De l'identité de Lita repentella CHRÉTIEN, 1908 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). — Nota lepidopterologica 15 (1): 29-40
- ^ 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
- ^ Huemer, P (1988). "A taxonomic revision of Caryocolum (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 57: 439–571.