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Coleophora fuscocuprella

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Coleophora fuscocuprella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. fuscocuprella
Binomial name
Coleophora fuscocuprella

Coleophora fuscocuprella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy, Albania and Romania and from Ireland to Russia.

The wingspan is 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in).[2] The head is shining dark bronzy-fuscous, and the antennae are dark fuscous; apical half white with dark fuscous rings, indistinct towards apex. The forewings are dark bronzy-fuscous, and the hindwings are dark grey.[3] [4]

There is one generation per year with adults on wing from mid-May to late June.[5]

The larvae feed on alder (Alnus species), silver birch (Betula pendula), downy birch (Betula pubescens), European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) and hazel (Corylus avellana).[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Coleophora fuscocuprella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  2. ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  3. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  4. ^ Emmet A.M., Langmaid J.R., Bland K.P., Corley M.G.V. & Razowski J, Coleophoridae in A. Maitland Emmet ed., 1996 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Volume 3 (Yponomeutidae to Elachistidae)
  5. ^ "Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  6. ^ Ellis, W N. "Coleophora fuscocuprella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 hazel case-bearer". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
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