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Coleophora

 
Wikipedia: Coleophora
Coleophora
Coleophora striatipennella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Hübner, 1822
Species

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Coleophora is a very large genus of moths of the family Coleophoridae with around 1000 described species. The genus is represented on all continents but the majority are found in the Nearctic and Palaearctic regions. Some authors have proposed splitting the genus into numerous smaller genera but these have not been widely accepted.

As with most members of the family, the larvae initially feed internally on the seeds, flowers or leaves of the host plant but when larger they feed externally and construct distinctive protective silken cases, often incorporating plant material. Many species have specific host plants, discarded larval cases often scattered thickly on affected plants.

Species

Species include:

  • C. aasperseola
  • C. absinthii
  • C. absinthivora
  • C. acamtopappi
  • C. acanthyllidis
  • C. accordella
  • C. acerosa
  • C. achaenivora
  • C. achilleae
  • C. acrisella
  • Food plant: Dorycnium
  • C. acuminatoides
  • C. acutipennella
  • C. acutiphaga
  • C. adelogrammella
  • C. adjectella
  • C. adjunctella
  • C. adspersella
  • C. aegyptiacae
  • C. aenusella
  • C. aequalella
  • C. aestuariella
  • C. aethiops
  • C. affiliatella
  • C. afrohispana
  • C. afrosarda
  • C. agenjoi
  • C. agilis
  • C. agnatella
  • C. agrianella
  • C. ahenella
  • C. alabama
  • C. alashiae
  • C. albarracinica
  • C. albella
  • C. albiantennaella
  • C. albicans
  • C. albicella
  • C. albicinctella
  • C. albicosta
  • C. albicostella
  • C. albidella
  • C. albilineella
  • C. albitarsella
  • C. albostraminata
  • C. albovanescens
  • C. albulae
  • C. alcyonipennella
  • C. alfacarensis
  • C. algeriensis
  • C. algidella
  • C. alhamaella
  • C. aliena
  • C. almeriensis
  • C. alniella
  • C. alnifoliae
  • C. alticolella
  • C. altivagella
  • C. amaranthella
  • C. amarchana
  • C. amellivora
  • C. amentastra
  • C. amygdalina
  • C. anabaseos
  • C. anatipennella
  • C. ancistron
  • C. angentialbella
  • C. anitella
  • C. annulatella
  • C. annulicola
  • C. antennariella
  • C. antipennella
  • C. apicialbella
  • C. arctostaphyli
  • C. arefactella
  • C. arenbergerella
  • C. argentella
  • C. argenteonivea
  • C. argentifimbriata
  • C. argentula
  • C. argyrella
  • C. arizoniella
  • C. armeniae
  • C. artemisicolella
  • C. artemisiella
  • C. asperginella
  • C. astericola
  • C. asterifoliella
  • C. asteris
  • C. asterophagella
  • C. asterosella
  • C. asthenella
  • C. astragalella
  • C. atlantica
  • C. atriplicis
  • C. atriplicivora
  • C. atromarginata
  • C. attalicella
  • C. audeoudi
  • C. aularia
  • C. auricella
  • C. autumnella
  • C. badiipennella
  • C. bagorella
  • C. ballotella
  • C. barbaricina
  • C. basimaculella
  • C. basistrigella
  • C. bassii
  • C. bazae
  • C. bedella
  • C. bella
  • C. benedictella
  • C. benestrigatella
  • C. berbera
  • C. berdjanski
  • C. berlandella
  • C. beticella
  • C. betulaenanae
  • C. betulella
  • C. bidens
  • C. bidentella
  • C. biforis
  • C. bifrondella
  • C. bilineatella
  • C. bilineella
  • C. biminimmaculella
  • C. binderella
  • C. binotapennella
  • C. bipennella
  • C. biseriatella
  • C. bispinatella
  • C. bistrigella
  • C. bojalyshi
  • C. borea
  • C. boreella
  • C. bornicensis
  • C. botaurella
  • C. brevipalpella
  • C. breviuscula
  • C. brunneipennis
  • C. brunneosignata
  • C. burmanni
  • C. caelebipennella
  • C. calligoni
  • C. calycotomella
  • C. campella
  • C. campestriphaga
  • C. canadensisella
  • C. carelica
  • C. cartilaginella
  • C. castipennella
  • C. cecidophorella
  • C. centaureivora
  • C. cerasivorella
  • C. ceratoidis
  • C. certhiella
  • C. cervinella
  • C. chalcogrammella
  • C. chamaedriella
  • C. chambersella
  • C. changaica
  • C. charadriella
  • C. chiclanensis
  • C. chretieni
  • C. christenseni
  • C. chrysanthemi
  • C. ciconiella
  • C. ciliataephaga
  • C. cinerea
  • C. clarissa
  • C. clypeiferella
  • C. cnossiaca
  • C. coarctataephaga
  • C. coenosipennella
  • C. cogitata
  • C. colutella
  • C. comptoniella
  • C. concolorella
  • C. confluella
  • C. congeriella
  • Food plant: Dorycnium pentaphyllum
  • C. conspicuella
  • C. contrariella
  • C. conyzae
  • C. coracipennella
  • C. cornella
  • C. cornivorella
  • C. cornuta
  • C. cornutella
  • C. coronillae
  • C. corsicella
  • C. corticosa
  • C. corylifoliella
  • C. cracella
  • C. crassicornella
  • C. cratipennella
  • C. crepidinella
  • C. cretaticostella
  • C. cretensis
  • C. crinita
  • C. cristata
  • C. currucipennella
  • C. cyrniella
  • C. cythisanthi
  • C. deauratella
  • C. delibutella
  • C. delmastroella
  • C. demissella
  • C. dentatella
  • C. dentiferella
  • C. dentiferoides
  • C. depunctella
  • C. derasofasciella
  • C. derrai
  • C. detractella
  • C. deviella
  • C. dextrella
  • C. dianthi
  • C. dianthivora
  • C. didymella
  • C. dignella
  • C. dilabens
  • C. diluta
  • C. diogenes
  • C. directella
  • C. discomaculella
  • C. discordella
  • C. discostriata
  • C. dissecta
  • C. dissociella
  • C. dissona
  • C. ditella
  • C. drymidis
  • Food plant: Drypis spinosa
  • C. dubiella
  • C. duplicis
  • C. echinopsilonella
  • C. eichleri
  • C. elaeagnisella
  • C. elephantella
  • C. enchorda
  • C. entoloma
  • C. epijudaica
  • C. eremosparti
  • C. ericoides
  • C. erratella
  • C. etrusca
  • C. eupreta
  • C. eurasiatica
  • C. euryaula
  • C. excellens
  • C. expressella
  • C. exul
  • C. fagicorticella
  • C. falcigerella
  • C. femorella
  • C. feoleuca
  • C. fergana
  • C. festivella
  • C. filaginella
  • C. fiorii
  • C. flaviella
  • C. flavipennella
  • C. follicularis
  • C. frankii
  • C. franzi
  • C. fretella
  • C. fringillella
  • C. frischella
  • C. fuliginosa
  • C. fuscedinella
  • C. fuscicornis
  • C. fuscociliella
  • C. fuscocuprella
  • C. gallivora
  • C. gallurella
  • C. gardesanella
  • C. gaviaepennella
  • C. gaylussaciella
  • C. genistae
  • C. gielisi
  • C. glaseri
  • C. glaucella
  • C. glaucicolella
  • C. glissandella
  • C. glitzella
  • C. gnaphalii
  • C. graeca
  • C. graminicolella
  • C. granifera
  • C. granulatella
  • C. granulosella
  • C. gredosella
  • C. griseomixta
  • C. gryphipennella
  • C. guadicensis
  • C. gulinovi
  • C. guttella
  • C. gymnocarpella
  • C. hackmani
  • C. halimionella
  • C. halocnemi
  • C. halophilella
  • C. halostachydis
  • C. haloxyli
  • C. haloxylonella
  • Food plant: Haloxylon articulatum
  • C. hartigi
  • C. haywardi
  • C. heinrichella
  • C. helianthemella
  • C. helichrysiella
  • C. hemerobiella
  • C. hemerobiola
  • C. hermanniella
  • C. hiberica
  • C. hieronella
  • C. hippodromica
  • C. horatioella
  • C. hornigi
  • C. hospitiella
  • C. hungariae
  • C. hydrolapathella
  • C. hypoxantha
  • C. hyssopi
  • C. ibipennella
  • C. ichthyura
  • C. idaeella
  • C. ignotella
  • C. immersa
  • C. immortalis
  • C. impalella
  • C. inconstans
  • C. indefinitella
  • C. infolliculella
  • Food plant: Haloxylon articulatum
  • C. infuscatella
  • C. insulicola
  • C. intermediella
  • C. internitens
  • C. inulae
  • C. inusitatella
  • C. involucrella
  • C. iperspinata
  • C. irroratella
  • C. isomoera
  • C. jaernaensis
  • C. jerusalemella
  • C. juglandella
  • C. juncicolella
  • C. jynxella
  • C. kahaourella
  • C. kalmiella
  • C. kargani
  • C. kasyi
  • C. katunella
  • C. kautzi
  • C. kearfottella
  • C. keireuki
  • C. klimeschiella
  • C. kolymella
  • C. korbi
  • C. kroneella
  • C. kuehnella
  • C. kurokoi
  • C. kyffhusana
  • C. lacera
  • C. laconiae
  • C. ladonia
  • C. lapidicornis
  • C. laticostella
  • C. latronella
  • C. laurentella
  • C. lebedella
  • C. ledi
  • C. lenae
  • C. lentella
  • C. leonensis
  • C. lessinica
  • C. leucapennella
  • C. leucapennis
  • C. levantis
  • C. lewandowskii
  • C. limosipennella
  • C. lineapulvella
  • C. lineata
  • C. lineolea
  • C. linosyridella
  • C. linosyris
  • C. lithargyrinella
  • C. littorella
  • C. lixella
  • C. lonchodes
  • C. longicornella
  • C. loti
  • C. luciennella
  • C. lunensis
  • C. lusciniaepennella
  • C. lusitanica
  • C. lutatiella
  • C. luteocostella
  • C. luteolella
  • C. lutipennella
  • C. lycii
  • C. macedonica
  • C. macilenta
  • C. macrobiella
  • Food plant: Camphorosma monspeliaca
  • C. magyarica
  • C. malatiella
  • C. malivorella
  • C. maneella
  • C. manitoba
  • C. marcella
  • C. maritella
  • C. maritimella
  • C. mausolella
  • C. mayrella
  • C. mcdunnoughiella
  • C. medelichensis
  • C. mediterranea
  • C. melanograpta
  • C. mendica
  • C. meridionella
  • C. microalbella
  • C. micromeriae
  • C. micronotella
  • C. microxantha
  • C. millefolii
  • C. milvipennis
  • C. minipalpella
  • C. minoica
  • C. moehringiae
  • C. moeniacella
  • C. monardae
  • C. monardella
  • C. mongetella
  • Food plant: Dorycnium pentaphyllum
  • C. monteiroi
  • C. morosa
  • C. motacillella
  • C. multicristatella
  • C. murciana
  • C. murinella
  • C. musculella
  • C. nanophyti
  • C. narbonensis
  • C. necessaria
  • C. neli
  • C. nemorella
  • C. nesiotidella
  • C. nevadella
  • C. nigricella
  • C. nigridorsella
  • C. nigrostriata
  • C. nikiella
  • C. niveiciliella
  • C. niveicostella
  • C. niveistrigella
  • C. nomgona
  • C. nubivagella
  • C. numeniella
  • C. nutantella
  • C. obducta
  • C. obscenella
  • C. obscuripalpella
  • C. obtectella
  • C. obviella
  • C. occasi
  • C. occatella
  • C. occitana
  • C. ochrea
  • C. ochripennella
  • C. ochroflava
  • C. ochroneura
  • C. ochrostriata
  • C. octagonella
  • C. odorariella
  • C. olympica
  • C. onobrychiella
  • C. ononidella
  • C. onopordiella
  • C. onosmella
  • C. orbitella
  • C. oriolella
  • C. ornatipennella
  • C. orotavensis
  • C. ortneri
  • C. ostryae
  • C. otidipennella
  • C. otitae
  • C. paeltsaella
  • C. pagmana
  • C. palliatella
  • C. paludoides
  • C. pappiferella
  • C. paradoxella
  • C. paradrymidis
  • C. paramayrella
  • C. parenthella
  • C. paripennella
  • C. parthenica
  • C. partitella
  • C. patzaki
  • C. pechi
  • C. peisoniella
  • C. pellicornella
  • C. pennella
  • C. peri
  • C. peribenanderi
  • C. perigrinaevorella
  • C. peribenanderi
  • C. perplexella
  • C. persimplexella
  • C. peterseni
  • C. phlomidella
  • C. phlomidis
  • C. physophorae
  • C. picardella
  • C. pilicornis
  • C. pilion
  • C. pinkeri
  • C. piperata
  • C. plicipunctella
  • C. plumbella
  • C. plurifoliella
  • C. poecilella
  • C. polemoniella
  • C. polonicella
  • C. polycarpaeae
  • C. polynella
  • C. pontica
  • C. portulacae
  • C. potentillae
  • C. praecursella
  • C. pratella
  • C. preisseckeri
  • C. prepostera
  • C. protecta
  • C. pruniella
  • C. prunifoliae
  • C. pseudociconiella
  • C. pseudodirectella
  • C. pseudoditella
  • C. pseudolinosyris
  • C. pseudopoecilella
  • C. pseudorepentis
  • C. pseudosquamosella
  • C. ptarmica
  • C. pterosparti
  • C. puberuloides
  • C. pulchricornis
  • C. pulmonariella
  • C. punctulatella
  • Food plant: Camphorosma monspeliaca
  • C. pyrenica
  • C. pyrrhulipennella
  • C. quadrifariella
  • C. quadrilineella
  • C. quadristraminella
  • C. quadristrigella
  • C. quadruplex
  • C. quercicola
  • C. querciella
  • C. qulikushella
  • C. ramitella
  • C. ramosella
  • C. ravillella
  • C. rectilineella
  • C. remizella
  • C. repentis
  • C. retifera
  • C. rhanteriella
  • C. ribasella
  • C. riffelensis
  • C. rosacella
  • C. rosaefoliella
  • C. rosaevorella
  • C. rudella
  • C. rugosae
  • C. rupestrella
  • C. sabulella
  • C. sacramenta
  • C. salicivorella
  • C. salicorniae
  • C. salinella
  • Recorded food plants: Atriplex, Halimione
  • C. salinoidella
  • C. salsolella
  • C. salviella
  • C. samarensis
  • C. santolinella
  • C. saponariella
  • C. sardiniae
  • C. sardocorsa
  • C. sarehma
  • C. sattleri
  • C. saturatella
  • C. saxicolella
  • C. scabrida
  • C. scaleuta
  • C. schmidti
  • C. semicinerea
  • C. seminalis
  • C. seminella
  • C. sergiella
  • C. serinipennella
  • C. serpylletorum
  • C. serratella
  • C. serratulella
  • C. settarii
  • C. sexdentatella
  • C. shaleriella
  • C. sibiricella
  • C. siccifolia
  • C. silenella
  • C. simulans
  • C. singreni
  • C. sisteronica
  • C. sodae
  • C. soffneriella
  • C. solenella
  • C. solidaginella
  • C. solitariella
  • C. soriaella
  • C. sparsiatomella
  • C. sparsipulvella
  • C. sparsipuncta
  • C. spinella
  • C. spumosella
  • Food plant: Dorycnium pentaphyllum
  • C. squalorella
  • C. squamella
  • C. squamosella
  • C. stachi
  • C. staehelinella
  • C. stegosaurus
  • C. stepposa
  • C. sternipennella
  • C. stramentella
  • C. striatipennella
  • C. strigosella
  • C. striolatella
  • C. struella
  • C. strutiella
  • C. suaedae
  • C. suaedicola
  • C. subapicis
  • C. subula
  • C. succursella
  • C. sumptuosa
  • C. superlonga
  • C. supinella
  • C. svenssoni
  • C. sylvaticella
  • C. tadzhikiella
  • C. taeniipennella
  • C. tamesis
  • C. tanaceti
  • C. tanitella
  • C. taurica
  • C. tauricella
  • C. taygeti
  • C. teheranella
  • C. telonica
  • C. teneriffella
  • C. tenuis
  • C. teredo
  • C. texanella
  • C. therinella
Coleophora trochilella
  • C. thulea
  • C. thurneri
  • C. thymi
  • C. tiliaefoliella
  • C. timarella
  • C. tolli
  • C. tornata
  • C. totanae
  • C. tractella
  • C. traganella
  • Food plant: Traganum nudatum
  • C. transcaspica
  • C. traugotti
  • C. tremefacta
  • C. tremula
  • C. treskaensis
  • C. trichopterella
  • C. tricolor
  • C. tridentifera
  • C. trientella
  • C. trifariella
  • C. trifolii
  • C. trigeminella
  • C. trilineella
  • C. tringella
  • C. triplicis
  • C. trochilella
  • C. troglodytella
  • C. tshiligella
  • C. tshogoni
  • C. tundrosa
  • C. turbatella
  • C. turolella
  • C. tyrrhaenica
  • C. ucrainae
  • C. uliginosella
  • C. ulmifoliella
  • C. umbratica
  • C. unigenella
  • C. unipunctella
  • C. unistriella
  • C. univittella
  • C. uralensis
  • C. vacciniella
  • C. vaccinivorella
  • C. vagans
  • C. valesianella
  • C. vancouverensis
  • C. vanderwolfi
  • C. varensis
  • C. variicornis
  • C. ventadelsolella
  • C. vermiculatella
  • C. vernoniaeella
  • C. versurella
  • C. vestalella
  • C. vestianella
  • C. vibicella
  • C. vibicigerella
  • C. viburniella
  • C. vicinella
  • C. vigilis
  • C. viminetella
  • C. violacea
  • C. virgatella
  • C. virgaureae
  • C. viridicuprella
  • C. viscidiflorella
  • C. vitisella
  • C. vivesella
  • C. vulnerariae
  • C. vulpecula
  • C. wockeella
  • C. wolschrijni
  • C. wyethiae
  • C. yomogiella
  • C. zelleriella
  • C. zernyi
  • C. zhusani
  • C. zhusguni
  • C. zukowskii

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