Coleophora wockeella
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. wockeella
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Binomial name | |
Coleophora wockeella | |
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Coleophora wockeella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Latvia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Albania and from Great Britain to southern Russia.
The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July in western Europe.[2]
The larvae feed on betony (Stachys officinalis).[3] Larvae can be found from autumn to mid-May.
Etymology
[edit]The species was named after the German entomologist Maximilian Ferdinand Wocke.
References
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coleophora wockeella.
- ^ "Coleophora wockeella Zeller, 1849". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ Kimber, Ian. "37.109 BF527 Coleophora wockeella Zeller, 1849". UKmoths. Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ Ellis, W N. "Coleophora wockeella Zeller, 1849 betony case-bearer". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 18 August 2019.