Coleophora fuscocuprella

Coleophora fuscocuprella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. fuscocuprella
Binomial name
	Coleophora fuscocuprella; Herrich-Schaffer, 1855

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]

There is one generation per year with adults on wing from mid-May to late June.^[4]

The larvae feed on alder (Alnus species), silver birch (Betula pendula), downy birch (Betula pubescens), European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) and hazel (Corylus avellana). They create a lobe case with many small leaf fragments attached to it. The larvae are attached to the leaf underside, where they make a large number of relatively small fleck mines.^[5] Full-grown cases can be found in August and October. Pupation takes place in the case, usually attached to a trunk just above ground level.

References[]

^ "Coleophora fuscocuprella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
^ "Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
^ Ellis, W N. "Coleophora fuscocuprella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 hazel case-bearer". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

External links[]

Coleophora fuscocuprella at UKMoths

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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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

[4] "Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2011-04-29.

[5] Ellis, W N. "Coleophora fuscocuprella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 hazel case-bearer". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

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