Coleophora clypeiferella explained

Coleophora clypeiferella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Fennoscandia to France, Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine. It is also known from the Caucasus and Ural regions of Russia[1] and China.[2] It occurs in steppe and cultivated areas.

The wingspan is about .[3] They are on wing in July and August.

The larvae feed on Chenopodium album, Chenopodium rubrum and Chenopodium murale.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ENT_0019_0033-0044.pdf The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)
  2. http://biostor.org/reference/15770 Checklist and new species of the Coleophora salicorniae group from China (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)
  3. Web site: Kimber . Ian . 37.107 BF589 Coleophora clypeiferella Hofmann, 1871 . UKmoths . 13 August 2019.