Coleophora saxicolella (Duponchel, [1843])

(Orache Case-bearer)
37.0830 (B&F: 565)

»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Gelechioidea
  »Family: Coleophoridae
   »Subfamily: Gelechiinae
    »Tribe: Hypercalliini

Synonym(s):

Coleophora benanderi Kanerva, 1941
Coleophora annulatella sensu Pierce & Metcalfe, 1935 et auctt. nec Nylander, [1848]
Coleophora flavaginella sensu auctt. nec Lienig & Zeller, 1846

Coleophora laripennella sensu auctt. nec (Zetterstedt, 1839)

Status and ecology:

National Status: Local

Recorded from a few scattered localities in both vice-counties as singleton adults between late July and late August. Elsewhere the larvae feed on the seeds of Atriplex and Chenopodium spp. (Pratt, 2011).

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