Caryocolum peregrinella explained

Caryocolum peregrinella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in northern Spain, the southern Alps (France, Italy, Slovenia and Austria), Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Greece.^[1]

The length of the forewings is 7.5–8 mm for males and 7.5–9 mm for females.^[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from mid-July to mid-September.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Silene ciliata and Petrocoptis pyrenaica.^[3] Larvae can be found in mid-June.

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305210217/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=437478 Fauna Europaea
2. Huemer . P . 1988 . A taxonomic revision of Caryocolum (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) . Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology . 57 . 439–571 .
3. http://www.redalyc.org/pdf/455/45526096006.pdf Caryocolum peregrinella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) new to Spain and notes on the biology (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)