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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 » Seed Casebearers (Coleophora Seed Casebearers) » Coleophora quadrilineella - Hodges#1358 (Coleophora quadrilineella)

Species Coleophora quadrilineella - Hodges#1358

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 quadrilineella (Coleophora quadrilineella - Hodges#1358)

Hodges Number

1358

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Coleophora quadrilineella Chambers, 1878 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #421616.00

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet is Latin meaning "four-lined." Oddly, Chambers describes the moth as having "three pale ocherous lines."

Identification

Genitalia:

Season

Two seasons in the north with adults emerging in May and August. (2)

Food

Larval host is common rush (Juncus effusus). (2)

Print References

Braun, A.F., 1914. Notes on Coleophora, with descriptions of two new species (Microlepidoptera). The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 21(4): 164.

Brower, A.E., 1984. A list of the Lepidoptera of Maine. Part 2, The Microlepidoptera. Section 2, Cosmopterigidae through Hepialidae. Maine Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 114: 38 (PDF). (2)

Chambers, V.T., 1878. Art. III - Descriptions of new Tineina from Texas, and others from more northern localities. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4: 94.

Internet References

BOLD Systems

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	Art. III - Descriptions of new Tineina from Texas, and others from more northern localities. Vactor Tousey Chambers . 1878. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4: 79-106.

2.	A List of the Lepidoptera of Maine. Part 2, The Microlepidoptera. Section 1 & 2 Auburn E. Brower. 1984. Maine Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 114: 1-70.

Contributed by Randy Hardy on 9 April, 2011 - 11:05pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 13 November, 2023 - 11:31am

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