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Caryocolum albifaciella

Synonyms: Gelechia albifaciella (homotypic); Gelechia albifasciella; Lita behenella (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Caryocolum albifaciella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in the Alps (France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland) and the Massif Central. The length of the forewings is 6.5-7.5 mm for males and 6.4–7 mm for females. Adults have been recorded on wing from the end of June to the beginning of September. The larvae feed on Silene vulgaris and Cucubalus baccifer. They spin together the leaves of their host plant. They also bore the flower buds.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Dee Estuary/ Aber Dyfrdwy 39057 England/Wales, United Kingdom
Limestone Coast of South West Wales/ Arfordir Calchfaen de Orllewin Cymru 3940 Wales, United Kingdom  

Prey / Diet

Silene baccifera[1]
Silene behen (maiden's tears)[2]
Silene dioica (red catchfly)[2]
Silene latifolia (bladder campion)[3]
Silene viscosa (clammy campion)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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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