Caryocolum moehringiae (Klimesch, 1954)
mine
Young larvae make a broad gallery with a considerable amount of frass. The older larvae live free among spun shoot tips or in a leaf that is rolled and secured with silk.
host plants
Caryophyllaceae, monophagous
Moehringia bavarica, muscosa.
phenology
Larvae in April – May (Klimesch, 1954a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2011).
distribution within Europe
From Germany to the Pyrenees, Italy, and Greece (Fauna Europaea, 2011)
larva
Mining larvae are yellowish with a black head; the free living larvae have their grass green (Klimesch, 1954a; Hering, 1957a).
references
Elsner, Huemer & Tokár (1999a), Huemer (1988b, 2012a), Huemer & Karsholt (2010a), Klimesch (1954a, 1958a), Nel (2006a), Szőcs (1977a).