Biology:Coleophora ornatipennella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. ornatipennella
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| Coleophora ornatipennella (Hübner, 1796)
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Coleophora ornatipennella is a small moth of the family Coleophoridae.
Distribution
It is found in central and south-eastern Europe (from Germany and Poland to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece and from France to Romania as well as in southern and northern Russia and Estonia) and in the Near East. It is also found in China .[1]
Description
The wingspan is about 12 millimetres (0.47 in). Forewings are yellowish and apically falcate, with dark gray stripes.[2]
Behavior
The moth flies in May and June depending on the location. The larvae feed on Alopecurus, Anthoxanthum, Avena, Briza, Bromus, Dactylis glomerata, Holcus, Koeleria and Poa species.[3] Larvae can be found from October to May.
Gallery
Coleophora ornatipennella. Illustration from Stainton's Natural History of the Tineina (1859)
Mined grass leaf blade with larval case attached
Larva
References
- ↑ Three New Species And Seven Newly Recorded Species Of The Genus Coleophora From China (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)
- ↑ Giorgio Baldizzone, Jacques Nel and Jean-François Landry (2014). "Coleophora nepetellae Baldizzone & Nel, a new species of the C. lixella group (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae) from France and Italy". ZooKeys (459): 119–135. doi:10.3897/zookeys.459.7983. PMID 25561856.
- ↑ "Coleophora ornatipennella". https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/coleophoridae/coleophora/coleophora-ornatipennella/.
External links
- Savela, Markku, ed. "Coleophora ornatipennella". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. https://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/coleophoridae/coleophora/#ornatipennella.
- Lepiforum.de
Wikidata ☰ Q1006693 entry
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