Coleophora serinipennella

Coleophora serinipennella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in southern Europe, North Africa, the Near East, the eastern Palearctic ecozone (including Japan), as well as in Australia in south-western Queensland, South Australia and arid areas of Western Australia south of Carnarvon.[1]

Coleophora serinipennella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Coleophoridae
Genus:
Coleophora
Species:
C. serinipennella
Binomial name
Coleophora serinipennella
Christoph, 1872
Synonyms
  • Plutella ochroneura Lower, 1897
  • Coleophora ochroneura (Lower, 1897)
  • Coleophora stefanii de Joannis, 1899
  • Coleophora pudica Lower, 1905
  • Coleophora novella Chrétien, 1926
  • Coleophora caliacraella Caradja, 1931
  • Coleophora jerichoella Amsel, 1935
  • Coleophora jordanella Amsel, 1935
  • Coleophora sosisperma Meyrick, 1936
  • Coleophora deserticola Toll, 1944
  • Coleophora soffneri Toll, 1944

The wingspan is 14–17 millimetres (0.55–0.67 in). Adults are on wing from June to August.[2]

The larvae feed on Atriplex, Halimione and Chenopodium species. They make galls in the stems of their host plant. The galls are large, oval or elongated. They are not always constant in shape.[3]

References
  1. A taxonomic review of the Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Australia. Contribution to the knowledge of the Coleophoridae, LXXXV
  2. Vasily Victorovich Anikin (31 March 1998). "The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)" (PDF) (in German). 19 (2). Ansfelden, Austria: Entomofauna Ansfelden: 33–44. ISSN 0250-4413. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Lepidopterous fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries


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