Caryocolum fraternella
Caryocolum fraternella
Adult • Ex. larva on Stellarium nemorum, Sale, Greater Manchester • ©

Caryocolum fraternella

35.132 BF830

(Douglas, 1851)

Wingspan 10-13 mm.

A local species, but distributed over much of England and into southern Scotland, it frequents rough meadows.

The adults fly in July and August.

The larvae feed in the terminal shoots of stitchwort (Stellaria) and common mouse-ear (Cerastium fontanum).

Flight period

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