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Caryocolum proxima

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Wikipedia Abstract

Caryocolum proxima is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in most of Europe. It is also known from North America. The wingspan is 9-11.5 mm. Adults are bronzy metallic with paler metallic markings. They are on wing in August.
View Wikipedia Record: Caryocolum proxima

Prey / Diet

Cerastium fontanum (common chickweed)[1]
Cerastium semidecandrum (fivestamen chickweed)[1]
Stellaria media (chickweed)[1]

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♦ 1Biological 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