Species Coleophora littorella - Hodges#1347

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Season · Food · See Also · 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 (Silk Casebearers)

Species littorella (Coleophora littorella - Hodges#1347)

Hodges Number

1347

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Coleophora littorella McDunnough, 1940

Explanation of Names

Coleophora are so named because the larvae construct portable cases (from the Greek koleos meaning "sheath" and phor meaning "carry") (1)

Numbers

There are more than 158 named species of Coleophora in America north of Mexico. (2)

Range

Eastern North America. (2)

Moth Photographers Group - large range map with some collection locations and dates.

Season

Most records are from July and August. (2)

Food

Larva feed on the seeds of pickleweed, Salicornia L. species. (3)

See Also

Compare to others on the archived photos of living moths and pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Bucheli, S, J.F. Landry, and J. Wenzel. 2002. Larval Case Architecture and Implications of Host-Plant Associations for North American Coleophora (Lepidoptera; Coleophoridae)(3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

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

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 January, 2013 - 3:31pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 16 March, 2020 - 10:21am

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