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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
Moth for ID - Coleophora glaucella
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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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