Caryocolum proxima

Caryocolum proxima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Caryocolum
Species:	C. proxima
Binomial name
	Caryocolum proxima; (Haworth, 1828)[1]
Synonyms
	Recurvaria proxima Haworth, 1828; Caryocolum proximum; Gelechia maculiferella Douglas, 1851; Gnorimoschema maculiferella; Gelechia horticolla Peyerimhoff, 1871[2];

Caryocolum proxima is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe. It is also known from North America.

A sprig of Cerastium semidecandrum with a shoot spun together

Larva

The wingspan is 9-11.5 mm. Adults are bronzy metallic with paler metallic markings. They are on wing in August.[3]

The larvae feed on Cerastium fontanum and Stellaria media. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a short, inconspicuous corridor which is not lined with frass. The frass may be ejected out of the mine or is deposited in the mine as a broad pale orange central line. Older larvae live freely among spun leaves.[4] Larvae can be found from April to May.

References

Fauna Europaea
Huemer, P (1988). "A taxonomic revision of Caryocolum (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 57: 439–571.
Hants Moths
"bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-24.

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[1] 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] Hants Moths

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