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Caryocolum kroesmanniella

Synonyms: Gelechia kroesmanniella (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Caryocolum kroesmanniella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Alps and Romania and from Great Britain to southern Russia (the Ural Mountains). The habitat consists of open woodland. The length of the forewings is 5.5–6.5 mm for males and 6–7 mm for females. The forewings are whitish, mottled with light brown and orange-brown. Adults have been recorded on wing from early July to early September.
View Wikipedia Record: Caryocolum kroesmanniella

Prey / Diet

Rabelera holostea[1]
Stellaria alsine (trailing stitchwort)[1]
Stellaria graminea (little starwort)[2]
Stellaria media (chickweed)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
2Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0