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Coleophora sternipennella

Synonyms: Coleophora albisquamella; Coleophora flaviginella; Coleophora punctipennella; Ornix sternipennella (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Coleophora sternipennella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in all of Europe, except Greece and the Mediterranean islands. It is also known from the Caucasus. It occurs in steppe and desert biotopes, in wasteland and uncultivated parts of anthropogenic areas. The wingspan is about 13 mm. Adult are on wing from July to August in western Europe.
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Prey / Diet

Chenopodium album (lambsquarters goosefoot)[1]
Suaeda maritima richii (herbaceous seepweed)[2]

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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
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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