Coleophora lusciniaepennella

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Coleophora lusciniaepennella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. lusciniaepennella
Binomial name
Coleophora lusciniaepennella
(Treitschke, 1833) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ornix lusciniaepennellaTreitschke, 1833
  • Coleophora viminetellaZeller, 1849
  • Coleophora orbitellaHerrich-Schäffer, 1853 nec Zeller, 1849 (misid.)
  • Coleophora draghiaellaCapuse, 1971

Coleophora lusciniaepennella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, the Mediterranean islands and most of the Balkan Peninsula and Russia. It occurs in forest-steppe biotopes.

The wingspan is 10–13.5 mm (0.39–0.53 in).The head is greyish-ochreous. Antennae white, indistinctly ringed with fuscous, basal joint greyish-ochreous, long. Forewings shining greyish-ochreous. Hindwings dark grey.The larva is ochreous-brownish; head, plate of 2, and two spots on 3 black: in a bicolorous case of leaf-fragments, anteriorly pale, posteriorly dark, on Salix and Myrica. [2] [3]

The moth flies from June to July depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Myrica gale , Populus tremula , Salix alba , Salix aurita , Salix babylonica , Salix caprea , Salix cinerea , Salix dasyclados , Salix fragilis , Salix glabra , Salix pentandra , Salix repens , Salix triandra and Salix viminalis . [4] Full-grown larvae can be found at the end of May.

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References

  1. ↑ "Coleophora lusciniaepennella (Treitschke, 1833)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  3. ↑ Emmet A.M., Langmaid J.R., Bland K.P., Corley M.G.V. & Razowski J, Coleophoridae in A. Maitland Emmet ed., 1996 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Volume 3 (Yponomeutidae to Elachistidae)
  4. ↑ Ellis, W N. "Coleophora lusciniaepennella (Treitschke, 1833) osier case-bearer". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 8 November 2019.

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