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Coleophora fuscicornis

Synonyms: Coleophora amethystinella; Coleophora metallica (heterotypic); Eupista amethystinella; Eupista fuscicornis

Wikipedia Abstract

Coleophora amethystinella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in the Mediterranean region from Portugal to Iraq. It has also been recorded from Great Britain. The species was previously considered to be a synonym of Coleophora fuscicornis. The length of the forewings is 7-8.5 mm for males and 6.5–7 mm for females. Adults are dark glossy green, with conspicuous orange eyelashes. Adults are on wing in June in western Europe. The larvae feed on Vicia tetrasperma. They feed within the seedpods of their host plant, living within a movable case with a length of 9–11 mm.
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Prey / Diet

Vicia tetrasperma (lentil vetch)[1]

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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