Biology:Coleophora niveicostella
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. niveicostella
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Binomial name | |
Coleophora niveicostella Zeller, 1839[1]
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Coleophora niveicostella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae and was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839. It is found from Sweden and Latvia to Spain , Italy and Greece and from Great Britain to Romania.
Description
The wingspan is 11–13 millimetres (0.43–0.51 in). Adults are on wing in July.[2]
The larvae feed on Thymus praecox, Thymus pulegioides and Thymus serpyllum. They create a slender, brownish black, bivalved case of 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in). The oral half is tubular, while the rear part strongly laterally compressed. The mouth angle is about 30°. The case looks like a sheath case, but is in fact a composite leaf case. The larva cuts off mined leaves, after having removed the complete leaf margin: what is left is an upper and a lower epidermis, connected by the stub of the petiole. Leaves treated in this way are placed in front of the old case.[3] Full-grown larvae can be found in mid June.
References
- ↑ "Coleophora niveicostella Zeller, 1839". https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c64bef11-dd06-4e14-9710-3c947c5378e3. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ↑ "37.043 [B&F: 0548 Coleophora niveicostella Zeller, 1839"]. http://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/species/0548.php. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ↑ "Coleophora niveicostella". https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/coleophoridae/coleophora/coleophora-niveicostella/.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5144029 entry
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