Lepidoptera Outer Hebrides

Family: Gelechiidae   Checklist Number: 35.131

Caryocolum marmorea   Haworth, 1828

Beautiful Groundling

A scarce coastal species, first recorded on South Uist in 2009. Active from May to August. Common mouse-ear (Cerastium fontanum) and little mouse-ear (C. semidecandrum) are the two preferred foodplants

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