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Coleophora sylvaticella

Synonyms: Eupista etelka; Eupista sylvaticella

Wikipedia Abstract

Coleophora sylvaticella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Norway and Sweden to France, Italy and Romania and from Ireland to Poland and Slovakia. The wingspan is 11–12 mm. Adults are on wing in May and June. The larvae feed on the seeds of Luzula sylvatica. They form a case. Larvae overwinter twice.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Blean Complex 1286 England, United Kingdom
Exmoor Heaths 26455 England, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Luzula sylvatica (great wood-rush)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Elachista regificella1
Loxocera sylvatica1

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