Caryocolum petryi

Caryocolum petryi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Caryocolum
Species:
C. petryi
Binomial name
Caryocolum petryi
(Hofmann, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Lita petryi Hofmann, 1899
  • Phthorimaea petryi
  • Lita (Gelechia) rougemonti Rebel, 1907
  • Phthorimaea rougemonti
  • Lita petryi benanderi Hering, 1933
  • Lita repentella Chretien, 1908[1]
  • Caryocolum repentella
  • Phthorimaea repentella
  • Gnorimoschema repentellum
  • Caryocolum repentellum

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]

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

  • Caryocolum petryi petryi
  • Caryocolum petryi benanderi (Hering, 1933) (Sweden)

References

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  1. ^ HUEMER, P. & G. C. LUQUET (1992): De l'identité de Lita repentella CHRÉTIEN, 1908 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). — Nota lepidopterologica 15 (1): 29-40
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Huemer, P (1988). "A taxonomic revision of Caryocolum (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 57: 439–571.


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