Coleophora galbulipennella

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Coleophora galbulipennella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. galbulipennella
Binomial name
Coleophora galbulipennella
Zeller, 1838 [1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora obliterataToll 1952
  • Coleophora otitaeZeller 1839

Coleophora galbulipennella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae or leaf miners. It is known from Europe, where it is found from Sweden to Spain, Italy and Greece and from Great Britain to southern Russia.

Mined leaf of Silene otites with larval case attached Coleophora galbulipennella mined leaf of Silene otites with larval case attached.JPG
Mined leaf of Silene otites with larval case attached
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Larva

The wingspan is 15–17 mm (0.59–0.67 in). The moth flies in August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Silene nutans , Silene otites , Silene italica , Arenaria grandiflora , Cerastium arvense and Lychnis viscaria . Silene nutans can sometimes be found in the UK National Vegetation Classification habitat communities: the very widespread MG1 (Arrhenatherum elatius grassland), and thus can be found where Arrhenatherum elatius , (also known as false oat grass), and/or Dactylis glomerata , (cock's-foot), occurs. [2] They create a trivalved, tubular silken case of about 12 mm (0.47 in) long. The case is yellowish white, with several characteristic dark length lines. The mouth angle is about 40°. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Coleophora galbulipennella Zeller, 1838". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  2. ↑ Rodwell, J. S. (1992) British Plant Communities Volume 3 - Grasslands and montane communities ISBN   0-521-39166-0 (hardback), ISBN   0-521-62719-2 (paperback)
  3. ↑ Ellis, W N. "Coleophora galbulipennella Zeller, 1838 kent case-bearer". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 3 August 2019.



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