Coleophora serinipennella

Coleophora serinipennella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. serinipennella
Binomial name
Coleophora serinipennella Christoph, 1872
Synonyms
Plutella ochroneuraLower, 1897 Coleophora ochroneura(Lower, 1897) Coleophora stefaniide Joannis, 1899 Coleophora pudicaLower, 1905 Coleophora novellaChrétien, 1926 Coleophora caliacraellaCaradja, 1931 Coleophora jerichoellaAmsel, 1935 Coleophora jordanellaAmsel, 1935 Coleophora sosispermaMeyrick, 1936 Coleophora deserticolaToll, 1944 Coleophora soffneriToll, 1944

Coleophora serinipennella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in southern Europe, North Africa, the Near East, the eastern Palearctic realm (including Japan), as well as in Australia in south-western Queensland, South Australia and arid areas of Western Australia south of Carnarvon. ^[1]

The wingspan is 14–17 millimetres (0.55–0.67 in). Adults are on wing from June to August. ^[2]

The larvae feed on Atriplex , Halimione and Chenopodium species. They make galls in the stems of their host plant. ^[3]

References

1. Baldizzone, Giorgio (1996). "A taxonomic review of the Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Australia. Contribution to the knowledge of the Coleophoridae, LXXXV". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 139. Retrieved 10 August 2020– via Biodiversity Library.
2. Vasily Victorovich Anikin (31 March 1998). "The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)" (PDF). Entomofauna (in German). 19 (2). Ansfelden, Austria: Entomofauna Ansfelden: 33–44. ISSN   0250-4413.
3. Lepidopterous fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries

External links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Japanese Moths
• "Coleophora serinipennella Christoph, 1872". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016.