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Coleophora aestuariella

Wikipedia Abstract

Coleophora aestuariella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Great Britain, France, the Iberian Peninsula, Greece, Bulgaria and Ukraine. The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The larvae feed on the seeds of Suaeda maritima. They create a moveable case of about 5 mm in length. Larvae can be found from September to June.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Essex Estuaries 114016 England, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Suaeda maritima richii (herbaceous seepweed)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Eremophila alpestris (Horned Lark)1
Scrobipalpa salinella1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0