Coleophora tricolor | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. tricolor
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Binomial name | |
Coleophora tricolor
Walsingham, 1899.
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The basil-thyme case-bearer moth (Coleophora tricolor) is a moth of the family Coleophoridae found in Europe. [2] It was first described by the 6th Baron Walsingham in 1899.
The wingspan is 14–18 mm.
The larvae feed on grasses ( Poaceae species), including Bromopsis erecta, cock's-foot ( Dactylis glomerata), Yorkshire fog ( Holcus lanatus), crested hair-grass ( Koeleria macrantha), timothy ( Phleum bertolonii) and common meadow-grass ( Poa pratensis). [3] Larvae can be found from September to June or July.
It is found in Great Britain, southern France and Greece. [4]
Coleophora tricolor | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. tricolor
|
Binomial name | |
Coleophora tricolor
Walsingham, 1899.
[1]
|
The basil-thyme case-bearer moth (Coleophora tricolor) is a moth of the family Coleophoridae found in Europe. [2] It was first described by the 6th Baron Walsingham in 1899.
The wingspan is 14–18 mm.
The larvae feed on grasses ( Poaceae species), including Bromopsis erecta, cock's-foot ( Dactylis glomerata), Yorkshire fog ( Holcus lanatus), crested hair-grass ( Koeleria macrantha), timothy ( Phleum bertolonii) and common meadow-grass ( Poa pratensis). [3] Larvae can be found from September to June or July.
It is found in Great Britain, southern France and Greece. [4]