| Coleophora lixella | |
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| Coleophora lixella Rough Bank, Gloucestershire, England | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. lixella |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora lixella | |
Coleophora lixella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae found in most of Europe. It was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1849.
The wingspan is about 19 mm. Adults have a yellow ground colour with dusky-outlined whitish streaks. They are on wing from July to August. [2] The head is white, the crown yellow tinged. Antennae whitish, basal 2/5 clothed with hairs, basal joint with strong tuft. Forewings with apex falcate; yellow; a subcostal streak to before middle, a discal streak from before middle to 2/3, a streak along fold, and several short streaks between veins towards costa posteriorly and termen silvery-white, blackish-edged. Hindwings dark grey. [3] [4] Foodplants include meadow foxtail ( Alopecurus pratensis ), sweet vernal grass ( Anthoxanthum odoratum ), downy oat-grass ( Helictotrichon pubescens ), common quaking grass ( Briza media ), soft brome ( Bromus hordeaceus ), cock's-foot ( Dactylis glomerata ), Elymus grasses, Yorkshire fog, ( Holcus lanatus ), Koeleria grasses and annual meadow grass ( Poa annua ). Larvae can be found from the end of August to the end of May. [4]
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