Coleophoridae - Wikipedia
The Coleophoridae are a family of small moths, belonging to the huge superfamily Gelechioidea. Collectively known as case-bearers, casebearing moths or case moths, this family is represented on all continents, but the majority are …
Family Coleophoridae (Coleophorid Case-bearers) | Butterflies …
Coleophorids are typically tiny to small slender moths with lancelike wings (wingspan 0.5-2.6 cm). They are mostly dull colored, yellowish, white, gray, or brownish moths, often with linear, pale or dark streaks on the forewing.
Larch casebearer, Coleophora laricella Hübner (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae), is a needle-mining insect that lives most of its larval stage within a hollowed-out needle case (fig. 1). It is native to mountainous regions of Central Europe where it feeds on European larch, Larix decidua Mill.
Genus Coleophora - BugGuide.Net
Nov 20, 2016 · Two new species of metallic-green Coleophora Hübner (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) from the nearctic region, and first records of C. Mayrella (Hübner) from South America. The Canadian Entomologist. 126(5): 1185-1191
Casebearer Moths (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) | SpringerLink
Casebearer moths, family Coleophoridae, comprise over 1,525 species worldwide, with most being Palearctic (1,082 sp.) and in the genus, Coleophora. Most are in subfamily Coleophorinae, while non-casebearers are in Batrachedrinae.
Coleophoridae - Oxford Reference
Oct 6, 2024 · Overview. Coleophoridae. Quick Reference. (subclass Pterygota, order Lepidoptera) Widespread family of very small to small moths. The wings are fringed with long, hair-like scales. At rest the antennae are held porrect. Larvae are leaf-miners in the first instar, and then construct cases.
Coleophoridae Overview - Mississippi State University
Coleophoridae Overview. Hodges (1998) defined Coleophoridae by the following: 1) hindwing with Rs and M1 separate, M3 and CuA1 separate, connate, or stalked, antennal pecten present. Males have the valva divided into costal and saccular lobes (except subfamily Perolonchinae) with the costal lobe developed as a free lobe.
COLEOPHORIDAE - Introduction
Identification of the adults of the British Coleophoridae. Introduction. Many people with an interest in British Lepidoptera find the micro-moths in general, and Family Coleophoridae (and Elachistidae) in particular, "too difficult".
37 Coleophoridae - British Lepidoptera
Most members of this family require genital dissection for confident identification. See BRITISH COLEOPHORIDAE. The keys and species ID features have been extensively revised and moved to a separate website dedicated to this family. Basic information and …
Family Coleophoridae — Casebearer Moths - Indiana Nature
Coleophoridae is a large and widespread family of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Collectively known as “case-bearer” moths, the common name of these micro-moths is attributed to their lifecycle and unusual adaptation.