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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 » Spatulate and Tubular Leaf Casebearers (Coleophora Spatulate and Tubular Leaf Casebearers) » Coleophora glaucella - Hodges#1305 (Coleophora glaucella)

Species Coleophora glaucella - Hodges#1305

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · 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 (Spatulate and Tubular Leaf Casebearers)

Species glaucella (Coleophora glaucella - Hodges#1305)

Hodges Number

1305

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Coleophora glaucella Walsingham, 1882

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet refers to the larval host species.

Numbers

Coleophora has more than 158 species in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Forewing 5-6.5 mm. (2)

Identification

The original description of Coleophora glaucella Walsingham, is available online in the print references below.

Range

British Columbia to southern California and Arizona. (3), (1)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Powell and Opler (2009) stated adults are most common during July and August. (2)

Moth Photographers Group has records from February to August. (1)

Food

Larvae are leaf miners of Arctostaphylos spp. including: (2)

Arctostaphylos glauca Lindl. (bigberry manzanita).

Print References

Edwards, H. 1889. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 35: 128.

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 6.24, p. 76. (2)

Walsingham, L. 1882. North American Coleophorae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 433.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

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

3.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 28 April, 2013 - 5:34pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 5:56pm

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