Coleophora trientella

Coleophora trientella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Ukraine, southern Russia, Turkestan, the Palestinian Territories[1] and China.[2] It occurs in desert biotopes and in salt-marshes.

Coleophora trientella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Coleophoridae
Genus:
Coleophora
Species:
C. trientella
Binomial name
Coleophora trientella
Christoph, 1872
Synonyms
  • Coleophora pilicornis Rebel, 1914
  • Coleophora ussuriella Caradja, 1920
  • Coleophora anaeli Capuse, 1967
  • Coleophora pilicornis ussuriella Capuse, 1974

Adults are on wing in spring and at end of summer. There are possibly two generations per year.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Corispermum species, including Corispermum lehmannianum. They create a silky, short, thick case. Near the cephalic end and along the sides, there are symmetrically arranged halves of membrane of hollowed-out fruit. The valve is three sided and the length is 4–5 mm. The color is dark brown. Larvae can be found from May to June.[3]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Checklist and new species of the Coleophora salicorniae group from China (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)
  3. Lepidopterous fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries


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