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Coleophora silenella

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Wikipedia Abstract

Coleophora nutantella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to Spain, Sicily and Greece and from France to the Baltic states, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. It is also found in Asia Minor. The wingspan is 14–18 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July. The larvae feed on Silene nutans, Silene otites and Oberna behen. They feed on the generative organs of their host plant.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Salisbury Plain 52975 England, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Silene behen (maiden's tears)[1]
Silene nutans (Eurasian catchfly)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Eupithecia venosata (Netted Pug)2
Hadena confusa (Marbled Coronet)2
Hadena perplexa (Tawny Shears)2
Sideridis rivularis (campion)2

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - 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