''Coleophora gryphipennella'' is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, from

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to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy and from Ireland to the Black Sea. The wingspan is . Head whitish-ochreous or greyish-ochreous. Antennae white, ringed with dark fuscous, basal joint whitish-ochreous. Forewings greyish ochreous, in female more ochreous. Hindwings rather dark grey. The moth flies from June to July depending on the location. The larvae feed on rose species, including '' Rosa acicularis'', ''

Rosa arkansana ''Rosa arkansana'', the prairie rose or wild prairie rose, is a species of rose native to a large area of central North America, between the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains from Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan south to New Mexico, Texas and ...

'', '' Rosa canina'', ''

Rosa glauca ''Rosa glauca'' (syn. ''Rosa rubrifolia''), the red-leaved rose or redleaf rose, is a species of rose native to the mountains of central and southern Europe, from the Spanish Pyrenees east to Bulgaria, and north to Germany and Poland. It is also ...

'', ''

Rosa pendulina ''Rosa pendulina'', (syn. ''Rosa alpina''), the Alpine rose or mountain rose, is a species of wild rose found in the mountains of central and southern Europe. It appears to have survived in glacial refugia in the Alps and Carpathians, and spread ...

'', ''

Rosa pimpinellifolia ''Rosa pimpinellifolia'', the burnet rose, is a species of rose native to western, central and southern Europe (north to Iceland and Norway) and northwest Africa. Habitat It is generally restricted to sand dunes or limestone pavements and typic ...

'', ''

Rosa rubiginosa ''Rosa rubiginosa'' (sweet briar, sweetbriar rose, sweet brier or eglantine; synonym (taxonomy), syn. ''R. eglanteria'') is a species of rose native to Europe and western Asia. Description It is a dense deciduous shrub 2–3 meters high and acr ...

'', '' Rosa seraphini'', '' Rosa soulieana'' and ''

Rosa tomentosa ''Rosa tomentosa'', otherwise known as the harsh downy-rose, is a species of wild rose. It is a shrub growing to about . It is found in Asia Minor, the Caucasus (where it may not be native), and much of Europe: the British Isles, France, Central ...

''. It has also been recorded on wild strawberry, ''

Fragaria vesca ''Fragaria vesca'', commonly called the wild strawberry, woodland strawberry, Alpine strawberry, Carpathian strawberry or European strawberry, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the rose family that grows naturally throughout much of the Northe ...

''. The larvae hatch around the end of August, making three cases during their lifetime. The final case, which is occupied after hibernation, is a laterally flattened tubular leaf case. with a mouth angle of about 60°.

Gallery

Image:Coleophora gryphipennella mined rose leaf with a case attached.JPG, Mined rose leaf with a case attached. Image:Coleophora gryphipennella larva.JPG, Larva. Image:Coleophora albicostella life cycle.jpg, Figures 1–8. 1. Spatulate case found on ''Fragaria'' 20.v.2011. To the right of the case feeding damage can be seen. 2. Spatulate case found on ''Fragaria'' 20.v.2011, with larva. 3. First stage case on ''Fragaria'', showing also the place where the leaf was cut for a second stage case, 02.x.2012. 4. Spatulate case on ''Fragaria'', 02.x.2012. 5. ''Fragaria'' leaf from Figure 3 showing feeding damage, first stage case and ‘leaf cut’, 02.x.2012. 6. First stage cases and spatulate cases on ''Rosa'', 02.x.2012. 7. Tiny fleck mines on ''Fragaria'', 29.x.2013. 8. Small pistol case on ''Fragaria''. Image:Coleophora_albicostella_life_cycle2.jpg, Figures 9–16. 9. Spatulate leaf case on ''Fragaria'' collected for DNA analysis, 29.x.2013. 10. Spatulate leaf case on ''Rosa'' collected for DNA analysis, 29.x.2013. 11. Final, trivalved case of the reared larva after hibernation and after feeding ended on 05.v.2014. 12. Fleck mines produced by the reared larva after hibernation and after feeding ended on 05.v.2014. 13. Emerged imago ''Coleophora gryphipennella'' reared from a hibernating larva. 14. Emerged imago ''Coleophora gryphipennella'' reared from a hibernating larva. 15. Fresh green case on ''Fragaria'', 07.v.2014, leg. and photograph Luc Knijnsberg. 16. Emerged imago from the case found on 07.v.2014.

References

External links

''Coleophora gryphipennella'' at UKmoths
gryphipennella Moths described in 1796 Moths of Europe Moths of Asia Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Coleophoridae-stub