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Coleophora saturatella

Synonyms: Coleophora spartiella; Coleophora tinctoriella; Eupista saturatella

Wikipedia Abstract

Coleophora saturatella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, the Alps and Albania and from Great Britain to Romania. It has also been recorded from southern Russia. The wingspan is 12–15 mm. The larvae feed on Cytisus scoparius, Lembotropis nigricans, Genista scorpius, Genista tinctoria, Spartium junceum and Ulex europaeus. They create a very untidy, bivalved lobe case of 7–8 mm. The mouth angle is 90°. Full-grown larvae can be found in June.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Berwyn a Mynyddoedd de Clwyd/ Berwyn and South Clwyd Mountains 67265 Wales, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Cytisus scoparius (Broomtops)[1]
Wiborgiella humilis (Dyer's greenweed)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Ceramica pisi (Broom Moth)1
Lasiocampa quercus (Oak Eggar)1
Perconia strigillaria (Grass Wave)1
Pseudoterpna pruinata (Grass Emerald)1

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