Coleophora glitzella
| Coleophora glitzella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. glitzella |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora glitzella | |
Coleophora glitzella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to Italy and from Great Britain to Romania. It was recently reported from Yukon, Canada.[2]
Description
The wingspan is 10–14 mm (0.39–0.55 in).[3]
The larvae feed on Vaccinium vitis-idaea and Vaccinium uliginosum.[4] Full-grown larvae can be found at the end of April.
References
- ↑ "Coleophora glitzella Hofmann, 1869". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ↑ Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology
- ↑ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
- ↑ "Coleophora glitzella". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 11 August 2020.