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Coleophora juncicolella

Synonyms: Coleophora infantilella; Coleophora infantinella; Eupista juncicolella

Wikipedia Abstract

Coleophora juncicolella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Mediterranean Sea and from Ireland to Poland and Hungary. The wingspan is 6–8 mm. Adults are grey-white. They are on wing from late June to July in western Europe. The larvae feed on Calluna vulgaris and Erica cinerea. They create a small light brown lobe case with a mouth angle of about 40° and a length of about 4 mm. The case is composed of 8-10 small leaf fragments. Full-grown larvae can be found from March to May.
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Prey / Diet

Calluna vulgaris (heather)[1]
Erica cinerea (Scotch heath)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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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