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Coleophora versurella

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Wikipedia Abstract

Coleophora versurella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It has a Holarctic distribution. It has also been recorded from Argentina, India, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. The wingspan is 11–15 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September. The larvae feed on Atriplex and Chenopodium species. Other recorded food plants include Halimione portulacoides and Amaranthus. In its later stages, the larva creates a case made from silk and specks of plant material or droppings.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Pantani della Sicilia sud-orientale, Morghella, di Marzamemi, di Punta Pilieri e Vendicari 8481 Italy  
Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren 182155 England/Wales, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Amaranthus spinosus (pigweed species)[1]
Atriplex littoralis (grassleaf orache)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Coleophora salinella1
Lacanobia oleracea (Bright-line Brown-Eye Moth)1
Scrobipalpa nitentella1
Spodoptera exigua (beet armyworm)1

External References

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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