Coleophora serinipennella
Appearance
Coleophora serinipennella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. serinipennella
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Binomial name | |
Coleophora serinipennella Christoph, 1872
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Coleophora serinipennella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in southern Europe, North Africa, the Near East, the eastern Palearctic realm (including Japan), as well as in Australia in south-western Queensland, South Australia and arid areas of Western Australia south of Carnarvon.[1]
The wingspan is 14–17 millimetres (0.55–0.67 in). Adults are on wing from June to August.[2]
The larvae feed on Atriplex, Halimione and Chenopodium species. They make galls in the stems of their host plant.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Baldizzone, Giorgio (1996). "A taxonomic review of the Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Australia. Contribution to the knowledge of the Coleophoridae, LXXXV". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 139. Retrieved 10 August 2020 – via Biodiversity Library.
- ^ Vasily Victorovich Anikin (31 March 1998). "The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)" (PDF). Entomofauna (in German). 19 (2). Ansfelden, Austria: Entomofauna Ansfelden: 33–44. ISSN 0250-4413.
- ^ Lepidopterous fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries
External links
[edit]- Australian Faunal Directory
- Japanese Moths
- "Coleophora serinipennella Christoph, 1872". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016.