Caryocolum pullatella

(Caryocolum pullatella)

Description

Caryocolum pullatella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Austria, Italy, Denmark, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Ukraine, Russia, Japan, Alaska, Canada and the northern United States, south to Arizona in the west. The length of the forewings is 5-6.5 mm. The forewings are mottled dark brown with two median white patches in the cell at one-fifth and the middle. Adults have been recorded on wing from mid-May to mid-October, probably in one generation per year.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Gelechiidae
Genus:Caryocolum
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