Coleophora octagonella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. octagonella |
Binomial name | |
Coleophora octagonella Walsingham, 1882 [1] | |
The octagonal casemaker moth (Coleophora octagonella) is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in the United States, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee.
The species is misplaced in the genus Coleophora and the family Coleophoridae. It actually belongs to the family Batrachedridae. The larvae feed on lichens which grow on Quercus trees. [2]
The Coleophoridae are a family of small moths, belonging to the huge superfamily Gelechioidea. Collectively known as case-bearers, casebearing moths or case moths, this family is represented on all continents, but the majority are found in temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere. They are most common in the Palearctic, and rare in sub-Saharan Africa, South America, and Australia; consequently, they probably originated in northern Eurasia. They are relatively common in houses, they seek out moist areas to rest and procreate.
Coleophora vestianella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Europe to Asia Minor, Iran, Afghanistan, China, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
Coleophora seminalis is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Australia, New Guinea, Malesia, Fiji and eastern China.
Coleophora virgatella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Germany and Poland to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece. It has also been recorded from southern Russia and central Asia.
Coleophora genistae is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Sweden to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Italy and Greece and from Great Britain to Romania. It is also known from Turkey.
Coleophora motacillella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from France to southern Russia and from Denmark to Austria and Romania.
Coleophora binotapennella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Spain, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, North Macedonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, northern and southern Russia and China. It occurs in desert-steppe and desert biotopes.
Coleophora clypeiferella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Fennoscandia to France, Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine. It is also known from the Caucasus and Ural regions of Russia and China. It occurs in steppe and cultivated areas.
Coleophora bifrondella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Spain, France and Italy.
Coleophora cratipennella, the streaked coleophora moth, is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in the United States, including Kentucky, Pennsylvania, California, Maine and Oklahoma.
Coleophora euryaula is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Egypt.
Coleophora carchara is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in China and Mongolia.
Coleophora sequens is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in China and Mongolia.
Coleophora spiralis is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Mongolia.
Coleophora falkovitshella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Mongolia and Korea.
Coleophora kosteri is a moth of the family Coleophoridae.
Coleophora hipponae is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in North Africa.
Coleophora bivittella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Asia Minor and Iran.
Coleophora chalepa is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Russia.
Coleophora felixella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It has only been found in Armenia and the northern Caucasus.