Misplaced Pages

Coleophora otidipennella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. otidipennella
Binomial name
Coleophora otidipennella (Hübner, 1817)
Synonyms
List Tinea otidipennella Hübner, 1817 Ornix murinipennella Duponchel, 1844 Perygra murinipennella

Coleophora otidipennella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae found in Asia and Europe.

Description

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. Coleophora species have narrow blunt to pointed forewings and a weakly defined tornus. The hindwings are narrow-elongate and very long-fringed. The upper surfaces have neither a discal spot nor transverse lines. Each abdomen segment of the abdomen has paired patches of tiny spines which show through the scales. The resting position is horizontal with the front end raised and the cilia give the hind tip a frayed and upturned look if the wings are rolled around the body. C. otidipennella characteristics include greyish appearance streaked with whitish-cream.It can only be reliably identified by dissection and microscopic examination of the genitalia.

Adults are on wing from May to June.

The larvae feed on the seeds of rushes (Luzula species), including field wood-rush (Luzula campestris) and common woodrush (Luzula multiflora). The larvae form a whitish or yellowish case.

Distribution

It is found in most of Europe, the Near East, and the eastern Palearctic realm.

References

1. Emmet A.M., Langmaid J.R., Bland K.P., Corley M.G.V. & Razowski J, Coleophoridae in A. Maitland Emmet ed., 1996 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Volume 3 (Yponomeutidae to Elachistidae)

External links

• Swedish Moths
• UKmoths

This article on a moth of the family Coleophoridae is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Coleophora
• Moths described in 1817
• Moths of Asia
• Moths of Europe
• Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
• Coleophoridae stubs