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Coleophora tricolor

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Species of moth

Coleophora tricolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. tricolor
Binomial name
Coleophora tricolor
Walsingham, 1899.

The basil-thyme case-bearer moth (Coleophora tricolor) is a moth of the family Coleophoridae found in Europe. It was first described by the 6th Baron Walsingham in 1899.

Description

The wingspan is 14–18 mm.

The larvae feed on grasses (Poaceae species), including Bromopsis erecta, cock's-foot (Dactylis glomerata), Yorkshire fog (Holcus lanatus), crested hair-grass (Koeleria macrantha), timothy (Phleum bertolonii) and common meadow-grass (Poa pratensis). Larvae can be found from September to June or July.

Distribution

It is found in Great Britain, southern France and Greece.

References

  1. "Coleophora tricolor Walsingham, 1899". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  2. Baldizzone, Giorgio; Nel, Jacques; Landry, Jean-François (2014). "Coleophora nepetellae Baldizzone & Nel, a new species of the C. lixella group (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae) from France and Italy". ZooKeys (459): 119–135. Bibcode:2014ZooK..459..119B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.459.7983. PMC 4283635. PMID 25561856. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
  4. Ellis, W N. "Coleophora tricolor Walsingham, 1899 basil-thyme case-bearer". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
Taxon identifiers
Coleophora tricolor


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