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Species Coleophora deauratella - Hodges#1398.2

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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 (Seed Casebearers)
Species deauratella (Coleophora deauratella - Hodges#1398.2)

Hodges Number

1398.2

Explanation of Names

Author: Lienig & Zeller, 1846

Size

Wingspan c. 11mm.

Identification

Postocular scales dark brown rather than pale yellow or orange yellow as in C. trifolii and C. apicialbella (Landry & Wright 1993).

Genitalia:

Range

Palearctic, adventive in the Nearctic.

Food

Red clover (Trifolium pratense)

Remarks

Introduced from the Palearctic.

Print References

Landry, Jean-François and Barry Wright. 1993. Systematics of the Nearctic species of metallic-green Coleophora (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae). The Canadian Entomologist 125(3):549-618.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
UK Moths
Contributed by John F. Carr on 9 January, 2010 - 1:41pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, ceiseman, Robert H. Biagi, Steve Morris
Last updated 13 November, 2023 - 11:28am

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