Coleophora orenburgella

Coleophora orenburgella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. orenburgella
Binomial name
Coleophora orenburgella Baldizzone & Tabell, 2007[1]

Coleophora orenburgella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in the southern Ural Mountains and the Altai Mountains in Russia.

The wingspan is 15-18 mm. Adults have a white head and thorax, tinged with yellowish. The forewings are orange-yellow with four streaks and an elongate yellowish brown wedge. The inner costal fringes are whitish, while the outer ones are brown and the dorsal fringes brownish grey. The hindwings and fringes are brownish grey. The abdomen is shining pale grey, although it is more yellowish in females.^[2] Adults have been recorded from May to mid June.

Etymology

The species name refers to the Orenburg district, where the majority of the type specimens were collected.

References

1. ^ Fauna Europaea
2. ^ Seven New Species Of The Genus Coleophora Hübner (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) From The Volgo-Ural Region

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