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