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Coleophora laricella Hübner, 1817

Имаго (Coleophora laricella)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Gelechioidea → family Coleophoridae → genus Coleophora → species Coleophora laricella

Species name(s)

Coleophora laricella Hübner, 1817 = Protocryptis laricella (Hubner, [1817]) = Tinea laricella Hübner, [1817] = Phalaena Tortix (Ornix) laricinella Ratzeburg, 1840 = Coleophora nigricornis Heinemann & Wocke, 1877. [3, 9]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:14430

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky*.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Forewing length

14—15 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Имаго (Coleophora laricella)

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

  • Protocryptis laricella. [3].

Distribution

  • Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: Kaliningrad (?). [3].
  • Europe, Central Asia, and to Japan. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Length of front wing is not more than 0.5 cm. Coloration brownish, almost without pattern, with long fringe. [5].
  • Gray butterfly with a wingspan of about 10 mm. [11].

General info about Imago

  • Fly through larch forests and parks. [5].

Imago lifespan

  • June July. [5].
  • From May to June. [11].

General info about Larva

  • Caterpillar reddish-brown color. Eat away only half the needles of the tree, it makes Case consists Ogryzkov needles for the winter. [11].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • The needles of larch (Larix), which undermine the caterpillars. Needles at the same time turn white and dry. [5].
  • Larch. [11].

Larva lifespan

  • Fall and Spring. [5].
  • Pupation in May. [11].

Egg

  • Eggs are laid singly on larch needles. [11].

Overwintering stage

  • Caterpillar. [11].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Tom Tams.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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