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Species Caryocolum pullatella - Hodges#2042

Unidentified moth ??? - Caryocolum pullatella Caryocolum  - Caryocolum pullatella 2042  - Caryocolum pullatella 2042  - Caryocolum pullatella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)
Subfamily Gelechiinae
Tribe Gnorimoschemini
Genus Caryocolum
Species pullatella (Caryocolum pullatella - Hodges#2042)
Hodges Number
2042
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
C. subtractella Walker is a junior synonym
Range
Circumpolar: Northern Europe to Japan, Alaska, Canada, Northern United States south to Arizona in West.
Food
Unknown. Other members of genus associated with Caryophyllaceae (Carnation family).
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