Biology:Coleophora atriplicis
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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. atriplicis
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| Coleophora atriplicis Meyrick, 1928[1]
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Coleophora atriplicis is a moth of the family Coleophoridae found in Europe and North America.
Description
The wingspan is 12–14 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from July to August in western Europe.[4]
The larvae feed on grass-leaved orache (Atriplex littoralis), sea purslane (Halimione portulacoides), glasswort (Salicornia species) and sea-blite (Suaeda species). They create a greyish-brown, trivalved, tubular silken case of 6.5–7 mm. The mouth angle is about 20°. The case has indistinct length lines and is scattered with dark, granular, material.[5] Full-grown larvae can be found in October.
Distribution
Coleophora atriplicis is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to France , Poland and Romania and from Ireland to Ukraine . It is also found in North America, with records from Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Washington (state) .[6]
References
- ↑ "Coleophora atriplicis Meyrick, 1928". https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1d723358-3645-4d33-a263-b252eaf86936. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ↑ "421617.00 – 1359 – Coleophora atriplicis – Meyrick, 1928". http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=1359. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ↑ microlepidoptera.nl[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ British Lepidoptera
- ↑ Ellis, W N. "Coleophora atriplicis Meyrick, 1928 saltmarsh case-bearer". https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/coleophoridae/coleophora/coleophora-atriplicis/. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ↑ Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5143245 entry
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