Coleophora versurella

Coleophora versurella
Coleophora versurella, Deeside, North Wales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. versurella
Binomial name
Coleophora versurella
Zeller, 1849
Synonyms
List
    • Coleophora miserella Staudinger, 1880
    • Coleophora agricolella Fuchs, 1886
    • Coleophora atlanticolella Rebel, 1896
    • Coleophora tholoneura Meyrick, 1936
    • Coleophora pallorella Benander, 1939
    • Coleophora fayalensis Rebel, 1940
    • Coleophora thalassella McDunnough, 1940
    • Coleophora constanti Hering, 1942
    • Coleophora klimeschi Vlach, 1942
    • Coleophora saccharella Amsel, 1953
    • Coleophora pisella Amsel, 1953
    • Coleophora chiarelliae Pastrana, 1963
    • Coleophora amaranthivora Oku, 1965
    • Coleophora laripennella auct. nec. Zetterstedt, 1839
    • Ecebalia versurella
    • Coleophora enchorda Meyrick, 1931

Coleophora versurella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1849.

Description

Genitalia of Coleophora versurella

The wingspan is 11–15 mm.The forewings are yellow. Several other species of Coleophora look similar and are only to be identified by reference to the genitalia.[1][2]

Adults are on wing from June to September. The larvae feed on orache (Atriplex species) and goosefoot (Chenopodium species).[1][3] Other recorded food plants include sea purslane (Halimione portulacoides) and Amaranthus.[4]

Distribution

It is found everywhere in Europe except for Iceland and Luxembourg.[5] It has also been recorded from Argentina, India, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

References

  1. ^ a b "Coleophora versurella Zeller, 1849". UK Moths.
  2. ^ Emmet A.M., Langmaid J.R., Bland K.P., Corley M.G.V. & Razowski J, Coleophoridae in A. Maitland Emmet ed., 1996 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Volume 3 (Yponomeutidae to Elachistidae)
  3. ^ Unger, Magnus. "Species: Atriplex littoralis". Lepidoptera.se.
  4. ^ "Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants". Biological Record Centre.
  5. ^ "Coleophora versurella Zeller, 1849". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

Further reading

  • Emmet, A M (1996), The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, 3, Yponomeutidae-Elachistidae
  • Langmaid J R, Palmer S M, Young M R (2018), A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland British Entomological and Natural History Society ISBN: 9781899935086



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