Coleophora lithargyrinella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae found in Europe.
Coleophora lithargyrinella | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. lithargyrinella |
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Coleophora lithargyrinella Zeller, 1849 [1] | |
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The wingspan is 11–13.5 mm (0.43–0.53 in). The head is yellow-ochreous.Antennae white, ringed with dark fuscous, towards apex indistinctly, basal joint ochreous. Forewings fuscous-ochreous.Hindwings are dark grey.[2]
Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation per year.[3] The larvae feed on Arenaria serpyllifolia, Cerastium arvense, Cerastium glomeratum, Stellaria holostea and Stellaria media. They create a trivalved tubular, silken pale brown case of about 8 mm (0.31 in) long. It has a mouth angle of 25°-30°. The case has a double dorsal keel.[4] Full-grown larvae can be found in May.
It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from Ireland to the Baltic States and Romania.
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