Coleophora versurella

Coleophora versurella
Coleophora versurella, Deeside, North Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. versurella
Binomial name
Coleophora versurella Zeller, 1849
Synonyms
List Coleophora miserellaStaudinger, 1880 Coleophora agricolellaFuchs, 1886 Coleophora atlanticolellaRebel, 1896 Coleophora tholoneuraMeyrick, 1936 Coleophora pallorellaBenander, 1939 Coleophora fayalensisRebel, 1940 Coleophora thalassellaMcDunnough, 1940 Coleophora constantiHering, 1942 Coleophora klimeschiVlach, 1942 Coleophora saccharellaAmsel, 1953 Coleophora pisellaAmsel, 1953 Coleophora chiarelliaePastrana, 1963 Coleophora amaranthivoraOku, 1965 Coleophora laripennellaauct. nec. Zetterstedt, 1839 Ecebalia versurella Coleophora enchordaMeyrick, 1931

Coleophora versurella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1849.

Description

Genitalia of Coleophora versurella

The wingspan is 11–15 mm.The forewings are yellow. Several other species of Coleophora look similar and are only to be identified by reference to the genitalia. ^{[1] [2]}

Adults are on wing from June to September. The larvae feed on orache ( Atriplex species) and goosefoot ( Chenopodium species). ^{[1] [3]} Other recorded food plants include sea purslane ( Halimione portulacoides ) and Amaranthus . ^[4]

Distribution

It is found everywhere in Europe except for Iceland and Luxembourg. ^[5] It has also been recorded from Argentina, India, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

References

1. "Coleophora versurella Zeller, 1849". UK Moths.
2. 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)
3. Unger, Magnus. "Species: Atriplex littoralis". Lepidoptera.se.
4. "Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants". Biological Record Centre.
5. "Coleophora versurella Zeller, 1849". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

Further reading

• Emmet, A M (1996), The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland , 3, Yponomeutidae-Elachistidae
• Langmaid J R, Palmer S M, Young M R (2018), A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland British Entomological and Natural History Society ISBN   9781899935086

External links

• Swedish Moths