Coleophora saxicolella

Coleophora saxicolella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. saxicolella
Binomial name
Coleophora saxicolella
Zeller, 1849[1]
Synonyms
  • Ecebalia saxicolella
  • Coleophora benanderi Kanerva, 1941
  • Aureliania bucovinensis Nemes, 2004

Coleophora saxicolella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from most of Europe to central Asia.

The wingspan is 13–16 mm.[2] Adults are on wing in July and August.[3]

The larvae feed on Chenopodium and Atriplex species. They feed on the generative organs of their host plant. The larvae make a silken case of 6–7 mm. Pupation occurs in the case on the ground.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
  3. ↑ The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)
  4. ↑ UKmoths
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