Caryocolum marmorea

Caryocolum marmorea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Caryocolum
Species:	C. marmorea
Binomial name
	Caryocolum marmorea; (Haworth, 1828)
Synonyms
	Recurvaria marmorea Haworth, 1828; Caryocolum marmoreum; Gelechia manniella Zeller, 1839; Gelechia pulchra Wollaston, 1858;

Caryocolum marmorea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean islands, and from Ireland to Poland, Hungary and Greece. It is also found on the Canary Islands and Madeira.^[2] It is also found in North America.^[3]

A sprig of *Cerastium vulgatum* with sand-tubes formed by larva

A sprig of *Stellaria holostea* exhibiting a capsule attacked by larva

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The head is light grey, face whitish. Terminal joint of palpi shorter than second. Forewings are ochreous- brown, costa mixed with dark fuscous and sometimes whitish, dorsum broadly paler and sometimes whitish mixed, connected with two pale or sometimes whitish spots before and beyond anterior stigmata, tornus and termen blackish-mixed; a blackish discal spot towards base; stigmata blackish, usually suffused and indistinct; a straight whitish interrupted fascia at 4/5. Hindwings 1, pale grey, darker terminally. The larva is yellowish-grey - green; dorsal and subdorsal lines dull reddish; head and plate of 2 black^[4]

Adults are on wing from May to August.^[5]

The larvae feed on Cerastium fontanum, Cerastium semidecandrum, Silene nocteolens and Silene otites. They mine the leaves of their host plant.^[6] Larvae can be found from January to February. They are greenish yellow with three dirty green dorsal length lines and a black head.

Subspecies

Caryocolum marmorea marmorea
Caryocolum marmorea pulchra (Wollaston, 1858)

References

^ Huemer, P (1988). "A taxonomic revision of Caryocolum (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 57: 439–571.
^ Fauna Europaea
^ mothphotographersgroup
^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
^ UKmoths
^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-24.

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[1] Huemer, P (1988). "A taxonomic revision of Caryocolum (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 57: 439–571.

[2] Fauna Europaea

[3] thphotographersgroup

[4] Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

[5] UKmoths

[6] "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-24.

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