Coleophora serinipennella explained

Coleophora serinipennella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in southern Europe, North Africa, the Near East, the eastern Palearctic realm (including Japan), as well as in Australia in south-western Queensland, South Australia and arid areas of Western Australia south of Carnarvon.^[1]

The wingspan is 14–. Adults are on wing from June to August.^[2]

The larvae feed on Atriplex, Halimione and Chenopodium species. They make galls in the stems of their host plant.^[3]

External links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Japanese Moths
• Web site: Coleophora serinipennella Christoph, 1872. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308065249/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=435751. dead. March 8, 2016. Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. 29 August 2013.

Notes and References

1. A taxonomic review of the Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Australia. Contribution to the knowledge of the Coleophoridae, LXXXV . Tijdschrift voor Entomologie . 139 . Baldizzone . Giorgio . 1996 . 10 August 2020 . Biodiversity Library.
2. The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae). Vasily Victorovich Anikin. Entomofauna . Entomofauna Ansfelden. Ansfelden, Austria. 19. 31 March 1998. 2. de. 33–44. 0250-4413.
3. //archive.org/stream/lepidopterousfau00dani/lepidopterousfau00dani_djvu.txt Lepidopterous fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries