Coleophora albidella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. albidella
Binomial name
Coleophora albidella
Synonyms
List
    • Tinea albidella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
    • Phalena (Tinea) trembleyella Villers, 1789
    • Coleophora incanella Tengström, 1848
    • Coleophora anatipennella Pierce & Metcalfe, 1935 (non Hübner, 1796: preoccupied)
    • Coleophora razowskii Capuse, 1971

Coleophora albidella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae found in Europe. It was first described in 1775 by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller,

Description

The wingspan is 13–16 mm. White with sparse, sometimes obscure, darker speckling. Forewing ground colour white. Apical cilia greyish fuscous. Antennal scape with a well-developed basal tuft. Only reliably identified by dissection and microscopic examination of the genitalia.[1]

Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on various species of willow including, Salix repens, Salix aurita, Salix cinerea and sometimes Salix caprea. The larvae bore into expanding leaf buds and later skeletonize young leaves. Sometimes they mine a leaf in the usual manner of other Coleophora species. It builds a pistol shaped case from silk and fragments of leaf and frass which has a mouth angle of about 70°, thus standing almost erect on the leaf. The sides of the case are usually adorned with hairs from the leaf surface.[2]

Distribution

It is found in all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.

Case

References

  1. ↑ Kimber, Ian. "37.050 BF532 Coleophora albidella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)". UKmoth. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  2. ↑ Ellis, W N. "Coleophora albidella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) white sallow case-bearer on Salix". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

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