Coleophora viridicuprella

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Coleophora viridicuprella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. viridicuprella
Binomial name
Coleophora viridicuprella

Coleophora viridicuprella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae and was first described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham in 1882. It is found in the United States, including California and Oregon. A related species with the same coloring is the Coleophora aenusella, de Grey believed this may have been the same species as the virdicuprella. [3]

The larvae feed on the seeds of Juncus species. They create a trivalved, tubular silken case.

Description

The wingspan is 9 millimeters. [3]

Most parts of the moth including the pedipalp, antennae, and fore-wings are described as bearing a greenish-bronze color. The antennae includes some notes of white, the fore-wings also include grey cilia. The hind-wings are described with a brown color. [3]

References

  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ↑ de Grey, Thomas (1882), North American Coleophorœ, Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, p. 429
  3. 1 2 3 de Grey, Thomas (1882), North American Coleophorœ, London: Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, p. 432, retrieved October 14, 2025
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