Coleophora pennella, Crete - photo © K. Bormpoudaki
Coleophora pennella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
MOTH INFO
Coleophora pennella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae on the island of Crete, Greece.
Scientific name
Coleophora pennella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Tinea pennella (Schiffermüller, 1775)
Bourgogneja pennella (Schiffermüller, 1775)
Tinea borowskiella (Goeze, 1783)
Tinea mucosa (Geoffroy, 1785)
Tinea mucosella (Villers, 1789)
Phalaena (Tinea) onosmella (Brahm, 1791)
Ornix struthionipennella (Treitschke, 1833)
Coleophora hispanicella (Möschler, 1866)
Coleophora diffinis (Staudinger, 1880)
Coleophora nervosella (Müller-Rutz, 1927)
Coleophora flavilineella (Toll, 1952)
Coleophora gogovi (Căpușe, 1971)
Bourgogneja onosmella (Căpușe, 1975)
Common name
Classification
Superfamily: Gelechioidea > Family: Coleophoridae > Genus: Coleophora
Wingspan
15-20 mm
Habitat
Many types of habitats where the food plant occurs e.g. disturbed areas, roadsides, cultivated fields, chalky soils, etc.
Food plant
The larva is oligophagous on Boraginaceae (Anchusa, Cynoglossum, Echium italicum, Lithospermum, Myosotis, Onosma) and feeds on the seeds.
Flight period
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