Coleophora fuscocuprella: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Coleophoridae
Genus
Coleophora
Species
Coleophora fuscocuprella
Scientific Name
Coleophora fuscocuprella

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Coleophora fuscocuprella

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 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in). 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.

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

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

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Coleophora fuscocuprella in languages:

English
hazel case-bearer
Hungarian
patinafényű zsákosmoly
Swedish
mindre grönglanssäckmal

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