Coleophora atriplicis

Coleophora atriplicis is a moth of the family Coleophoridae found in Europe and North America.

Coleophora atriplicis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. atriplicis
Binomial name
Coleophora atriplicis
Synonyms
  • Coleophora cervinella McDunnough, 1946[2]

Description

The wingspan is 12–14 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from July to August in western Europe.[4]

The larvae feed on grass-leaved orache (Atriplex littoralis), sea purslane (Halimione portulacoides), glasswort (Salicornia species) and sea-blite (Suaeda species). They create a greyish-brown, trivalved, tubular silken case of 6.5–7 mm. The mouth angle is about 20°. The case has indistinct length lines and is scattered with dark, granular, material.[5] Full-grown larvae can be found in October.

Distribution

Coleophora atriplicis is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to France, Poland and Romania and from Ireland to Ukraine. It is also found in North America, with records from Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Washington state.[6]

References
  1. "Coleophora atriplicis Meyrick, 1928". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. "421617.00 – 1359 – Coleophora atriplicis – Meyrick, 1928". Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. microlepidoptera.nl
  4. British Lepidoptera Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Ellis, W N. "Coleophora atriplicis Meyrick, 1928 saltmarsh case-bearer". Plant Parasite of Europe. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  6. Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology


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