Coleophora milvipennis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. milvipennis
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Binomial name | |
Coleophora milvipennis | |
Synonyms | |
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Coleophora milvipennis is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in all of Europe, east to Japan (Hokkaido). [2]
The wingspan is 10–13 mm. [3] Plain buff brown forewing with a pale costal streak. Only reliably identified by dissection and microscopic examination of the genitalia.
Adults are on wing in one generation per year from late June to July. [4]
The larvae feed on Alnus glutinosa, Alnus incana, Alnus viridis, Betula nana, Betula pubescens, Carpinus betulus, Corylus avellana and Myrica gale. They create a spatulate leaf case. It is slender, bivalved and 8–11 mm long, with a slight curve at the rear end. The end is laterally compressed. The mouth angle is about 45°. The fleck mines are often conspicuously brown. [5] Larvae can be found almost year-round.
Coleophora milvipennis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. milvipennis
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Binomial name | |
Coleophora milvipennis | |
Synonyms | |
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Coleophora milvipennis is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in all of Europe, east to Japan (Hokkaido). [2]
The wingspan is 10–13 mm. [3] Plain buff brown forewing with a pale costal streak. Only reliably identified by dissection and microscopic examination of the genitalia.
Adults are on wing in one generation per year from late June to July. [4]
The larvae feed on Alnus glutinosa, Alnus incana, Alnus viridis, Betula nana, Betula pubescens, Carpinus betulus, Corylus avellana and Myrica gale. They create a spatulate leaf case. It is slender, bivalved and 8–11 mm long, with a slight curve at the rear end. The end is laterally compressed. The mouth angle is about 45°. The fleck mines are often conspicuously brown. [5] Larvae can be found almost year-round.