Caryocolum vicinella (Douglas, 1851) Species
Last modified: Feb. 27, 2024, 10:53 a.m.
A very rare and local species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Gelechiidae > Subfamily: Gelechiinae > Tribus: Gnorimoschemini > Genus: Caryocolum > Species: Caryocolum vicinella
- Vernacular names
- Muurtastermot (NL), Coast Groundling (EN)
- First mention in Belgium
- Claerebout S. 2016b. Caryocolum vicinella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), une nouvelle espèce pour la faune belge. — Phegea 44(3): 88–93. On page 88. view page
- Status
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Native
New to Belgium in 2015 in NA.
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 10–14 mm.
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The larva when young mines the leaves and later lives in silken tubes along the shoots, in spun lower leaves or within young shoots from which it bores into the stem on the host plant.
The adults become active from before sunset and later come to light.
Flight periods
The adults have been seen from mid-June onwards to mid-September.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Silene nutans, Silene maritima, Stellaria media, Cerastium arvense, Silene vulgaris, Silene dioica and Silene viscaria
- Host plant (genera):
- Silene
The larva lives mostly on Silene species like Silene nutans, Silene vulgaris, Silene suecica, Silene uniflora, Silene dioica, Silen viscaria, but also on Cerastium arvense, Spergularia rubra, Stellaria media and Petrorhagia saxifraga.
Habitat
It inhabits calcereous rocky outcrops.
