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Coleophora currucipennella

Synonyms: Coleophora alaudipenella; Coleophora cristinae; Coleophora tristrigella; Eupista currucipennella

Wikipedia Abstract

Coleophora currucipennella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean Islands. The wingspan is 13–16 mm. The larvae feed on Betula, Carpinus betulus, Corylus avellana, Fagus sylvatica, Malus, Prunus cerasus, Prunus spinosa, Pyrus communis, Quercus petraea, Quercus robur, Quercus rubra, Salix and Sorbus aucuparia. Full-grown larva live in a dull black pistol case of about 9 mm and with a mouth angle of 80-90° (meaning it stands erect on the leaf). After hibernation, the larvae no longer mine, but rather cause skeleton feeding. Full-grown larvae can be found in early June.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fenn`s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses 2346 England/Wales, United Kingdom  
The Wash and North Norfolk Coast 266284 England, United Kingdom

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1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
2HOSTS - 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