The leaf and stem  mines of British flies and other insects by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds


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Caryocolum tricolorella (Haworth, 1812)
[Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae]


Tinea tricolorella Haworth, 1812. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond.: 338.
Caryocolum tricolorella
(Haworth, 1812).


Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Caryophyllaceae      
Stellaria holostea Greater Stitchwort Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Caryophyllaceae      
Stellaria holostea Greater Stitchwort Nederlandse bladmineerders
Stellaria media Common Chickweed Hering, 1957a
Stellaria uliginosus Bog Stitchwort Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. including Berks, Hereford, Notts, Oxford, Salop, South Hants, Surrey (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE) and Northern Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, Slovakia, Slovenia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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