Biology:Coleophora unipunctella

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Short description: Species of moth

Coleophora unipunctella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. unipunctella
Binomial name
Coleophora unipunctella
Zeller, 1849[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora nigrostigmatella Heeger, 1853
  • Coleophora zelleri Nowicki, 1860

Coleophora unipunctella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from France and Spain to Romania and from Germany , Poland and Lithuania to Italy and Hungary. It is also known from southern Russia . It occurs in forest-steppe.

Adults are on wing in June and July.[2]

The larvae feed on Chenopodium hybridum and Atriplex species. They feed on the generative organs of their host plant.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5144494 entry