Coleophora frischella
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Frisch’s Case-moth or Clover Case-bearer (Coleophora frischella) is a moth
of the Coleophoridae
family. It is found in most of Europe
, east to the eastern parts of the Palearctic ecozone. It is also present in the Near East
.
It is indistinguishable of Coleophora alcyonipennella
from which it is separable only by dissection.
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.
The larvae feed on the seeds of various Trifolium species. They live within the seedheads within a movable case.
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
| name = Case-bearers| image = Coleophoridae-01 .jpg| image_width = 240px| image_caption = Adult of an unidentified case-bearer species| regnum = Animalia| phylum = Arthropoda| classis = Insecta| ordo = Lepidoptera| superfamilia = Gelechioidea...
family. It is found in most of 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...
, east to the eastern parts of the Palearctic ecozone. It is also present in the Near East
Near East
The Near East is a geographical term that covers different countries for geographers, archeologists, and historians, on the one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other...
.
It is indistinguishable of Coleophora alcyonipennella
Coleophora alcyonipennella
The Clover Case-bearer or Small Clover Case-bearer is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is native to Europe, the eastern Palearctic ecozone, Pakistan, the Near East and North Africa...
from which it is separable only by dissection.
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 11.5–14.5 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June and in August. There are two generations per year.
The larvae feed on the seeds of various Trifolium species. They live within the seedheads within a movable case.