Coleophora galbulipennella

Coleophora galbulipennella
Coleophora galbulipennella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. galbulipennella
Binomial name
Coleophora galbulipennella
Zeller, 1838[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora obliterata Toll 1952
  • Coleophora otitae Zeller 1839

Coleophora galbulipennella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae or leaf miner. It is known from Europe, where it is found from Sweden to Spain, Italy and Greece and from Great Britain to southern Russia.

Mined leaf of Silene otites with larval case attached
Larva

The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The moth flies in August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Silene nutans, Silene otites, Silene italica, Arenaria grandiflora, Cerastium arvense and Lychnis viscaria. Silene nutans can sometimes be found in the UK National Vegetation Classification habitat communities: the very widespread MG1 (Arrhenatherum elatius grassland), and thus can be found where Arrhenatherum elatius, (also known as false oat grass), and/or Dactylis glomerata, (cocks foot), occurs.[2] They create a trivalved, tubular silken case of about 12 mm long. The case is yellowish white, with several characteristic dark length lines. The mouth angle is about 40°.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Rodwell, J. S. (1992) British Plant Communities Volume 3 - Grasslands and montane communities ISBN 0-521-39166-0 (hardback), ISBN 0-521-62719-2 (paperback)
  3. ^ bladmineerders.nl
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