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Coleophora chalcogrammella

Synonyms: Eupista chalcogrammella

Wikipedia Abstract

Coleophora chalcogrammella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Sweden and northern Russia to the Pyrenees and the Alps and from Great Britain to Romania. The wingspan is 8–10 mm. The larvae feed on Arenaria serpyllifolia, Cerastium arvense, Moehringia trinervia, Stellaria graminea and Stellaria holostea. In autumn, the larvae make a short corridor, which widens into a small blotch, out of which the first case is cut. After hibernation, the final case is made. It is a brown, three-valved, tubular silken case of about 6 mm long. The mouth angle is about 30°. Full-grown cases can be found in May.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Breckland 18652 England, United Kingdom
Revingefältet 7431 Sweden  
Saltfleetby–Theddlethorpe Dunes and Gibraltar Point 2373 England, United Kingdom  

Prey / Diet

Cerastium arvense (field chickweed)[1]
Moehringia trinervia (apetalous sandwort)[2]
Stellaria graminea (little starwort)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Cassida flaveola (Pale Tortoise Beetle)1
Eupithecia pygmaeata (marsh pug)1

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
2Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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