Coleophora mayrella

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Metallic coleophora moth
Coleophora mayrella, Roundton Hill, North Wales, June 2013 (19463710162).jpg
Coleophora mayrella, Roundton Hill, North Wales
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. mayrella
Binomial name
Coleophora mayrella
(Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
List
    • Tinea mayrellaHübner, 1813
    • Phalaena (Tinea) fabriciellaVillers, 1789
    • Porrectaria spissicornisHaworth, 1828
    • Elachista trochilipennellaCosta, 1836
    • Coleophora coruscipennellaClemens, 1860
    • Coleophora aeneusellaChambers, 1874
    • Coleophora auropurpuriellaChambers, 1874
    • Coleophora tuscaemiliellaCostantini, 1923
    • Damophila moldaviellaNemes, 2004

The metallic coleophora moth (Coleophora mayrella) is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is native to Europe and Armenia, but is an adventive species in the Nearctic realm, where it is found throughout the United States and southern Canada. It has also been recorded from New Zealand, Chile and Argentina.

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Description

The wingspan is 10–12 millimetres (0.39–0.47 in).It is one of the metallic green Coleophora differentiated by its black and white ringed antennae, heavily clothed with bronze scales to 2/5ths. Coleophora deauratella has grey antennae from 2/5 excepting a white tip. [1]

They fly during the day as well as after dark. They are on wing in June and July in western Europe [2] and from May to August in North America.

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References

  1. ↑ 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)
  2. ↑ "Coleophora mayrella". UK Moths. Retrieved 17 December 2019.



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