Species Coleophora sacramenta - Hodges#1255

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

A Coleophora sp. - Coleophora sacramenta

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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 (Pistol Casebearers)

Species sacramenta (Coleophora sacramenta - Hodges#1255)

Hodges Number

1255

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Coleophora sacramenta Heinrich, 1914

Size

Forewing length 6-8 mm. (1)

Range

Northeastern North America; introduced to California, British Columbia. (2) , (3), (4), (1)

Season

Adults are most common from June to August; longer flight in California. (3)

Food

Larval host plants include: (1)

Prunus domestica (plum), and other stone fruits in California.

Populus (aspen & poplar) in the eastern United States.

Print References

Davidson, W.M., 1918. The California pistol case bearer Coleophora sacrementa. Journal of Economic Entomology, 11: 446.

Heinrich, C., 1914. A new Californian Coleophora on plum. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 2(10): 145

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, plate 6, fig. 18; p. 75. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

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

2.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Assessment of species diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone McAlpine D.F., Smith I.M. (eds.). 2010. Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press). 785 pp.

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 10 July, 2013 - 8:59pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 8 October, 2015 - 1:51pm

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