''Coleophora lixella'' is a
moth of the family
Coleophoridae found in most of Europe. It was
first described by
Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1849.
Description
The
wingspan is about 19 mm. Adults have a yellow ground colour with dusky-outlined whitish streaks. They are on wing from July to August.
The head is white, the crown yellow tinged. Antennae whitish, basal 2/5 clothed with hairs, basal joint with strong tuft. Forewings with apex falcate; yellow; a subcostal streak to before middle, a discal streak from before middle to 2/3, a streak along fold, and several short streaks between veins towards costa posteriorly and termen silvery-white, blackish-edged. Hindwings dark grey.
[Meyrick, E., 1895 ''A Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' MacMillan, Londo]
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Keys and description Foodplants include meadow foxtail (''
Alopecurus pratensis''), sweet vernal grass (''
Anthoxanthum odoratum''), downy oat-grass (''
Helictotrichon pubescens
''Avenula'' is a genus of Eurasian flowering plants in the grass family. Over 100 names have been proposed for species, subspecies, varieties, and other infraspecific taxa within ''Avenula'', but only one species is accepted. The others names are ...
''), common quaking grass (''
Briza media''), soft brome (''
Bromus hordeaceus''), cock's-foot (''
Dactylis glomerata''), ''
Elymus'' grasses, Yorkshire fog, (''
Holcus lanatus''), ''
Koeleria'' grasses and annual meadow grass (''
Poa annua''). Larvae can be found from the end of August to the end of May.
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References
lixella
Leaf miners
Moths described in 1849
Moths of Europe
Taxa named by Philipp Christoph Zeller
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