Coleophora atriplicis

Coleophora atriplicis is a moth of the family Coleophoridae found in Europe and North America.

Coleophora atriplicis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. atriplicis
Binomial name
Coleophora atriplicis Meyrick, 1928[1]
Synonyms
Coleophora cervinella McDunnough, 1946[2]

Description

The wingspan is 12–14 mm. It is very similar to other Coleophora and impossible to identify without dissection and microscopic examination of the genitalia.^[3] Adults are on wing from July to August in western Europe.^[4]

The larvae feed on grass-leaved orache (Atriplex littoralis), sea purslane (Halimione portulacoides), glasswort (Salicornia species) and sea-blite (Suaeda species).^[5] Full-grown larvae can be found in October.

Distribution

Coleophora atriplicis is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to France, Poland and Romania and from Ireland to Ukraine. It is also found in North America, with records from Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Washington state.^[6]