Coleophora hydrolapathella

Coleophora hydrolapathella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Great Britain to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania and from Norway and Sweden to Belgium, Germany and Austria. It is also known from Latvia and southern Russia.

Coleophora hydrolapathella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. hydrolapathella
Binomial name
Coleophora hydrolapathella
Hering, 1921[1]

The wingspan is 13–14 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from June to early August in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the flowers and seeds of water dock (Rumex hydrolapathum). They create a reddish-brown, tubular case made entirely of silk. Full-grown larvae attach their case to the stem of the food plant and hibernate.[3]

References

  1. "Coleophora hydrolapathella Hering, 1921". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  2. "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
  3. "Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2011-05-10.


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