''Coleophora vestianella'' is a
moth of the family
Coleophoridae. It is found from
Europe to
Asia Minor,
Iran,
Afghanistan,
China
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, the
Korean Peninsula and
Japan
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.
The
wingspan is . Adults are on wing from June to August.
The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)
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The larvae feed on '' Chenopodium'' (including '' Chenopodium album'') and ''Atriplex
''Atriplex'' () is a plant genus of about 250 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache (; also spelled orach). It belongs to the subfamily Chenopodioideae of the family Amaranthaceae ''s.l.''.
The genus is quite variable and w ...
'' species (including ''Atriplex patula
''Atriplex patula'' (spear saltbush; common orache; spear orach; spreading orach; ) is a ruderal, circumboreal species of annual herbaceous plant in the genus '' Atriplex'' naturalized in many temperate regions.
Description
''Atriplex patula'' ...
''). They feed on the generative organs of their host plant.
Synonyms
* ''Coleophora annulatella'' Nylander, 1848
* ''Coleophora botauripennella'' Toll, 1955
* ''Coleophora laripennella'' Toll, 1953
* ''Coleophora subtractella'' Caradja, 1920
* ''Coleophora tengstromella'' Doubleday, 1859
* ''Ecebalia vestianella'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Phalaena (Tinea) vestianella'' Linnaeus, 1758
* ''Ornix laripennella'' Zetterstedt, 1839
References
External links
*
Swedish Moths
''Coleophora vestianella'' at ukmoths
vestianella
Moths described in 1758
Moths of Asia
Moths of Europe
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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