Coleophora paripennella

Coleophora paripennella
Coleophora paripennella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. paripennella
Binomial name
Coleophora paripennella
Zeller, 1839[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora aereipennis (Wocke, 1876)

Coleophora paripennella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula and Balkan Peninsula.

Mined leaf of Centaurea nigra with attached larva-case
Larva
Larval case

The wingspan is 10-13 mm. Adults are metallic bronze with white-tipped dark antennae. They are on wing from July to August.[2]

The larvae feed on Arctium, Arnica, Carduus, Carlina, Centaurea jacea, Centaurea nigra, Cirsium arvense, Saussurea, Serratula tinctoria and Solidago species. Full-grown larva live in a blackish brown trivalved tubular silken case of about 8 mm. The mouth angle is 0°-10°, causing the case to lay almost flat on the leaf.[3] Full-grown larvae can be from the end of May to early June.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ UKmoths
  3. ^ bladmineerders.nl
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