Coleophora fuscocuprella explained

Coleophora fuscocuprella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy, Albania and Romania and from Ireland to Russia.

The wingspan is .[1] The head is shining dark bronzy-fuscous, and the antennae are dark fuscous; apical half white with dark fuscous rings, indistinct towards apex. The forewings are dark bronzy-fuscous, and the hindwings are dark grey.[2]

There is one generation per year with adults on wing from mid-May to late June.[3]

The larvae feed on alder (Alnus species), silver birch (Betula pendula), downy birch (Betula pubescens), European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) and hazel (Corylus avellana).[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: microlepidoptera.nl . 2011-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110212053642/http://microlepidoptera.nl/soorten/species.php?speciescode=260190&p=1 . 2011-02-12 . dead.
  2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and description
  3. Web site: Lepidoptera of Belgium . 2011-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120917004550/http://webh01.ua.ac.be/vve/Checklists/Lepidoptera/Coleophoridae/Cfuscocuprella.htm . 2012-09-17 . dead .
  4. Web site: Ellis . W N . Coleophora fuscocuprella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 hazel case-bearer . Plant Parasites of Europe . 5 November 2019.

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