Coleophora flavipennella
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Coleophora flavipennella is a moth
of the Coleophoridae
family. It is found in Europe
.
The wingspan
is 11–13 mm. The moth flies from July to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Castanea sativa, Quercus pedunculiflora, Quercus petraea, Quercus robur and Quercus rubra. Young larvae makes a tiny blotch mine and then create a leaf case from the mined leaf fragment. Later this first case is enlarged with silk. The small leaf fragment remains part of the case. The final case is light brown, trivalved, tubular silken case of about 7 mm with a mouth angle of about 45°. Full-grown larvae can be found in May.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Coleophoridae
Coleophoridae
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family. It is found in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 11–13 mm. The moth flies from July to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Castanea sativa, Quercus pedunculiflora, Quercus petraea, Quercus robur and Quercus rubra. Young larvae makes a tiny blotch mine and then create a leaf case from the mined leaf fragment. Later this first case is enlarged with silk. The small leaf fragment remains part of the case. The final case is light brown, trivalved, tubular silken case of about 7 mm with a mouth angle of about 45°. Full-grown larvae can be found in May.