Coleophora glitzella

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Coleophora glitzella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to Italy and from Great Britain to Romania. It was recently reported from Yukon, Canada.[2]

Coleophora glitzella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. glitzella
Binomial name
Coleophora glitzella

Description

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The wingspan is 10–14 mm (0.39–0.55 in).[3]

The larvae feed on Vaccinium vitis-idaea and Vaccinium uliginosum.[4] Full-grown larvae can be found at the end of April.

References

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  1. ^ "Coleophora glitzella Hofmann, 1869". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. ^ Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology
  3. ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  4. ^ "Coleophora glitzella". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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