Coleophora frischella
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Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6 | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. frischella
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Coleophora frischella | |
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Coleophora frischella, the clover case-bearer or Frisch’s case-moth, is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern parts of the Palearctic realm. It is also present in the Near East.
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It is indistinguishable of Coleophora alcyonipennella from which it is separable only by dissection.[2]
The wingspan is 11.5–14.5 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June and in August. There are two generations per year.[citation needed]
The larvae feed on the seeds of various Trifolium species.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Coleophora frischella (Linnaeus, 1758)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ Kimber, Ian. "37.034 BF517a Coleophora frischella (Linnaeus, 1758)". UKMoths. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ Ellis, W N. "Coleophora frischella (Linnaeus, 1758) white-clover case-bearer". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
External links
[edit]Media related to Coleophora frischella at Wikimedia Commons