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Coleophora hemerobiella

Synonyms: Coleophora anseripennella; Eupista hemerobiella; Phalaena hemerobiella (homotypic); Tinea anseripennella

Wikipedia Abstract

The fruit tree case moth (Coleophora hemerobiella) is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in western Europe, except Ireland and the Iberian Peninsula. The wingspan is about 14 mm. Adults have whitish forewings speckled with dark grey and usually an obvious blackish spot at around three-quarters. They are on wing in July in western Europe.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fenland 1529 England, United Kingdom
Richmond Park 2092 England, United Kingdom  

Prey / Diet

Malus sylvestris (Crab Apple)[1]
Prunus avium (Wild Cherry)[1]
Prunus domestica (plum)[1]
Pyraria irregularis (Common apple)[2]
Pyrus communis (common pear)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 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
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