Species Coleophora lineapulvella - Hodges#1349

1349

Coleophora lineapulvella Chambers, 1874

Coleophora lapidicornis Walsingham, 1907

Coleophora amaranthella Braun, 1919

Adult: Basal half of antennae thickened with scales ● palpi tuffed ● FW white, faintly tinged with ochreous yellow ● dorsal margin and apex of the primaries more distinctly yellowish ● two rather indistinct ochreous yellow lines begin before the middle of the wing and pass back, one to the apex and one to the dorsal margin before the apex, the apical line giving of a faint branch to the costal margin ● Ciliae pale ochreous ● the entire wing. except near the base, dusted with dark brown specks, which are arranged in lines more or less parallel to each other ● antennae annulate with ochreous yellow. (1)

Seeds of amaranth. (2)

Larvae construct trivalved tubular silk cases. (2)

Chambers, V. T., 1874, Micro-Lepidoptera, The Canadian entomologist. 6(7): 102 (1)

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