''Coleophora lithargyrinella'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Coleophoridae __NOTOC__ The Coleophoridae are a family of small moths, belonging to the huge superfamily Gelechioidea. Collectively known as case-bearers, casebearing moths or case moths, this family is represented on all continents, but the majority are foun ...

found in Europe.

Description

The

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is . The head is yellow-ochreous.Antennae white, ringed with dark fuscous, towards apex indistinctly, basal joint ochreous. Forewings fuscous-ochreous.Hindwings are dark grey.

Biology

Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation per year. The larvae feed on '' Arenaria serpyllifolia'', ''

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'', ''

Cerastium glomeratum ''Cerastium glomeratum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names sticky mouse-ear chickweed and clammy chickweed. It is probably native to Eurasia but it is known on most continents as an introduced ...

'', '' Stellaria holostea'' and '' Stellaria media''. They create a trivalved tubular, silken pale brown case of about long. It has a mouth angle of 25°-30°. The case has a double dorsal keel. Full-grown larvae can be found in May.

Distribution

It is found from Fennoscandia to the

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and

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, and from

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to the Baltic States and

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References

External links

Lepiforum.de
lithargyrinella Moths described in 1849 Moths of Europe Taxa named by Philipp Christoph Zeller {{Coleophoridae-stub