Coleophora versurella
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Coleophora versurella | |
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Coleophora versurella, Deeside, North Wales | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. versurella
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Binomial name | |
Coleophora versurella Zeller, 1849
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Coleophora versurella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1849.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 11–15 mm.The forewings are yellow. Several other species of Coleophora look similar and are only to be identified by reference to the genitalia.[1]Adults are on wing from June to September. The larvae feed on orache (Atriplex species) and goosefoot (Chenopodium species).[1][2] Other recorded food plants include sea purslane (Halimione portulacoides) and Amaranthus.[3]
Distribution
[edit]It is found everywhere in Europe except for Iceland and Luxembourg.[4] It has also been recorded from Argentina, India, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Coleophora versurella Zeller, 1849". UK Moths.
- ^ Unger, Magnus. "Species: Atriplex littoralis". Lepidoptera.se.
- ^ "Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants". Biological Record Centre.
- ^ "Coleophora versurella Zeller, 1849". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
Further reading
[edit]- Emmet, A M (1996), The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, 3, Yponomeutidae-Elachistidae
- Langmaid J R, Palmer S M, Young M R (2018), A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland British Entomological and Natural History Society ISBN: 9781899935086
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