Genus Coleophora

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Case-bearer Moth - Coleophora quadruplex

Coleophora klimeschiella Toll - Coleophora klimeschiella

Casebearing moth - Coleophora querciella

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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

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Coleophora Hübner, 1822

Explanation of Names

Coleophora from the Greek koleos meaning "sheath" and phor meaning "carry". (1)

Numbers

158 described species in North America listed at MPG (2)

"Coleophora is a very large genus with hundreds of species in the USA, the majority of which are still nameless and undescribed." [Jean-Francois Landry]

Remarks

"Coleophora larvae are heavily parasitized by hymenopterous parasites (braconid wasps most often)." [Jean-Francois Landry]

Print References

Bucheli et al. 2002 p. 71-93(3)

Landry, J-F. 1994. Two new species of metallic-green Coleophora Hübner (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) from the nearctic region, and first records of C. Mayrella (Hübner) from South America. The Canadian Entomologist. 126(5): 1185-1191

Landry, J-F. 2005. Two New Species of Coleophora from the New World, with Record of a New Hostplant Family for Coleophorines (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae: Coleophorinae). Holarctic Lepidoptera. 10(1-2): 9-15

Landry & Wright, 1993 (4)

Internet References

New Species of Coleophoridae, with Notes on Other Species, James H. McDunnough, 1955

Wikipedia

Works Cited

1.	An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names. Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Larval Case Architecture and Implications of Host-Plant Associations for North American Coleophora (Lepidoptera; Coleophoridae)

4.	Systematics of the Nearctic species of metallic-green Coleophora (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) Landry, Jean-François and Barry Wright. 1993. The Canadian Entomologist.

Contributed by tom murray on 26 June, 2005 - 4:06pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 20 November, 2016 - 2:14pm

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