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]
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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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The length of the forewings is 4–7 mm for males and 4–6 mm for females.[4] Adults have been recorded on wing from late June to early September.
Subspecies
edit- Caryocolum petryi petryi
- Caryocolum petryi benanderi (Hering, 1933) (Sweden)
References
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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.