Coleophora glitzella
Appearance
Coleophora glitzella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. glitzella
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Binomial name | |
Coleophora glitzella |
Coleophora glitzella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to Italy and from Great Britain to Romania. It was recently reported from Yukon, Canada.[2]
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 10–14 mm (0.39–0.55 in).[3]
The larvae feed on Vaccinium vitis-idaea and Vaccinium uliginosum.[4] Full-grown larvae can be found at the end of April.
References
[edit]- ^ "Coleophora glitzella Hofmann, 1869". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology
- ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
- ^ "Coleophora glitzella". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
External links
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