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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 » Russian Thistle Stem Miner Moth - Hodges#1398.8 (Coleophora parthenica)

Species Coleophora parthenica - Russian Thistle Stem Miner Moth - Hodges#1398.8

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · 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

Species parthenica (Russian Thistle Stem Miner Moth - Hodges#1398.8)

Hodges Number

1398.8

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Coleophora parthenica Meyrick, 1891

Identification

Specimen examined and determined by Jean-François Landry, Ph.D..

Range

Introduced from the Mediterranean region as a biological control of Russian thistle and now occurs from southern California to New Mexico.

Season

Adults recorded from March to July; September.

Food

The larval host is Salsola sp. (Russian thistle).

Life Cycle

The larvae are stem burrowers.

Remarks

Halstead (1989) reported Coleophora parthenica is a possible parasitic host for the Chalcid Wasp Norbanus perplexus (Ashmead, 1904).

See Also

Coleophora klimeschiella, a dusty gray species utilizing the same host.

Print References

Halstead, J.A., 1989. Hymenoptera associated with a California population of the Russian thistle biological control agent Coleoptera klimeschiella Toll (Lepidopetra: Coleophoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91, p. 635.

Meyrick, E., 1891. Entomology Monthly Miigazine, p. 59.

Gnuessly, G.S.& R.D.Goeden. 1983. Spider predation on Coleophora parthenica (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae), a moth imported for the biological control of Russian thistle. Environmental Entomology (Impact Factor 12(5), pp. 1433-1438.

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 6, fig. 28; p. 76. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

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

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 April, 2014 - 9:42am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, James Bailey
Last updated 26 June, 2017 - 3:33pm

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