Coleophora albidella

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

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

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][2]

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.^[3]

Distribution

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

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