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Coleophora alcyonipennella (Clover casebearer)

Synonyms: Coleophora cuprariella; Coleophora cuprifulgella; Eupista alcyonipennella; Eupista cuprariella; Ornix alcyonipennella (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The clover case-bearer or small clover case-bearer (Coleophora alcyonipennella) is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is native to Europe, the eastern Palearctic ecozone, Pakistan, the Near East and North Africa. It is an introduced species in New Zealand and Australia, where it is now found from southern Queensland to Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. The wingspan is 12–14 mm. Adults are on wing in May and June and again in late July and August in two generations in western Europe. Adults feed on the nectar of clover flowers.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Corsydd Môn/ Anglesey Fens 1154 Wales, United Kingdom  
Y Twyni o Abermenai i Aberffraw/ Abermenai to Aberffraw Dunes 4623 Wales, United Kingdom  

Prey / Diet

Serratula tinctoria (Saw-wort)[1]
Trifolium repens (Ladino Clover)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological 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