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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Casebearer Moths (Coleophoridae) » Coleophorinae » Coleophora » Spatulate and Tubular Leaf Casebearers (Coleophora Spatulate and Tubular Leaf Casebearers) » Apple & Plum Casebearer Moth - Hodges#1307 (Coleophora spinella)

Species Coleophora spinella - Apple & Plum Casebearer Moth - Hodges#1307

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Remarks · Internet References
Coleophoridae (apple) - Coleophora spinella Coleophoridae (apple), adult - Coleophora spinella Coleophoridae (apple), spent pupal case - Coleophora spinella Coleophora sp. - Coleophora spinella C. spinella ex Malus sp. - Coleophora spinella C. spinella ex Malus sp. - Coleophora spinella C. spinella ex Malus sp. - Coleophora spinella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Coleophoridae (Casebearer Moths)
Subfamily Coleophorinae
Genus Coleophora
No Taxon (Spatulate and Tubular Leaf Casebearers)
Species spinella (Apple & Plum Casebearer Moth - Hodges#1307)
Hodges Number
1307
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Coleophora spinella (Schrank, 1802)
Tinea spinella Schrank, 1802
Coleophora cerasivorella Packard, 1870
Explanation of Names
Author: Schrank, 1802
Identification
It can only be definitely separated as an adult by reference to the genitalia, from the very similar C. coracipennella and C. prunifoliae
Range
West coast and northeastern North America; Europe
Remarks
Probably introduced from Europe
Internet References
Leafminers and plant galls of Europe
Encyclopedia of Life
Moth Photographers Group
UK Moths
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 20 April, 2015 - 8:49am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 14 October, 2019 - 4:35am

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