Caryocolum amaurella explained

Caryocolum amaurella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Denmark, Fennoscandia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Estonia, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, former Yugoslavia, Hungary, Greece, Ukraine and Russia.^[1] It is also present in Turkey.^[2] The species is restricted to warm and sunny habitats such as dry meadows and pastures from lowland localities to about 2,200 meters in the Alps.^[3]

The length of the forewings is 5–6 mm.^[4] Adults have been recorded on wing from late June to late September.

The larvae feed on Lychnis viscaria.

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924151200/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=437464 Fauna Europaea
2. 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
3. https://www.pensoft.net/inc/journals/download.php?fileId=8287&fileTable=J_GALLEYS DNA barcoding as a screening tool for cryptic diversity: an example from Caryocolum, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)
4. Huemer . P . 1988 . A taxonomic revision of Caryocolum (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) . Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology . 57 . 439–571 .