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Species Coleophora mayrella - Metallic Coleophora Moth - Hodges#1387

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea
Family Coleophoridae (Casebearer Moths)
Subfamily Coleophorinae
Genus Coleophora
Species mayrella (Metallic Coleophora Moth - Hodges#1387)
Hodges Number
1387
Other Common Names
Casebearer Moth, Clover(?) Casebearer Moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly Coleophora spissicornis (plus five other synonyms; see All-Leps)
Size
Wingspan: 11-12 mm
Identification
Wings metallic dark brown with no markings. Each antenna ringed with brown and white beyond thickened basal half.
[description by Charles Covell]
Range
Throughout the United States and southern Canada
Season
adults fly from May to August
Food
larvae feed on clover seeds
Print References
"Peterson's Field Guide to Eastern Moths" (1), p. 442, pl. 63(7).
Internet References
Larry Line, Maryland adult images
Bob Patterson, Maryland adult images
University of California, Berkeley; list
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
By Charles V. Covell
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 3 July, 2005 - 3:05pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 7 March, 2006 - 10:06pm

Coleophora mayrella vs spissicornis
It looks to me like these are supposed to be lumped, according to All-leps. Discussion here:
http://bugguide.ent.iastate.edu/node/view/44332

-Anita Gould
… Anita Gould, 7 March, 2006 - 1:24pm

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