Coleophora juncicolella
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Coleophora juncicolella is a moth
of the Coleophoridae
family. It is found from Fennoscandia
to the Mediterranean Sea and from Ireland
to Poland
and Hungary
.
The wingspan
is 6-8 mm. Adults are grey-white. They are on wing from late June to July in western Europe.
The larvae feed on Calluna vulgaris and Erica cinerea
. They create a small light brown lobe case with a mouth angle of about 40° and a length of about 4 mm. The case is composed of 8-10 small leaf fragments. Full-grown larvae can be found from March to 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 from Fennoscandia
Fennoscandia
Fennoscandia and Fenno-Scandinavia are geographic and geological terms used to describe the Scandinavian Peninsula, the Kola Peninsula, Karelia and Finland...
to the Mediterranean Sea and from Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
to Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
and Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
.
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 6-8 mm. Adults are grey-white. They are on wing from late June to July in western Europe.
The larvae feed on Calluna vulgaris and Erica cinerea
Erica cinerea
Erica cinerea is a species of heather, native to western and central Europe. It is a low shrub growing to tall, with fine needle-like leaves long arranged in whorls of three...
. They create a small light brown lobe case with a mouth angle of about 40° and a length of about 4 mm. The case is composed of 8-10 small leaf fragments. Full-grown larvae can be found from March to May.