Coleophora ibipennella

Coleophora ibipennella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. ibipennella
Binomial name
Coleophora ibipennella
Zeller, 1849[1]
Synonyms

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Coleophora ibipennella is a moth of the case-bearer family (Coleophoridae).

Birch leaves eaten by the larva, with two cases attached
Larva
Larval case

It is found in Europe from central Scandinavia southwards, as well as in North Africa and in the Near East to Lebanon.[2]

The caterpillars feed on birches (Betula) and oaks (Quercus).[2] The full grown larva lives in a black pistol case of about 7 mm long. The mouth angle is about 80°. From the rear end a grey silken cloak hangs down to almost halfway the mouth.[3]

Synonyms

This species has been known under the following now-obsolete scientific names:[2]

Footnotes

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. 1 2 3 See references in Savela (2010)
  3. bladmineerders.nl

References


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