Coleophora pappiferella

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Coleophora pappiferella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. pappiferella
Binomial name
Coleophora pappiferella
Hofmann, 1869 [1]

Coleophora pappiferella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae found in Europe.

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Description

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. [2] Coleophora pappiferella can only be reliably identified by dissection and microscopic examination of the genitalia. [3]

Distribution

It is found in Ireland, Scotland [4] Fennoscandia, northern Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Denmark, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Italy.

References

  1. ↑ "Coleophora pappiferella Hofmann, 1869". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Coleophora pappiferella". Swedish Moths. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  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. ↑ Heckford, R J (2001). "Colephora pappiferella Hoffman, 1869 (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) new to Britain and Scrobipalpa murinella (Duponchel, 1843) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) at the same locality". Entomologist's Gazette . 52: 101–104.
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