Coleophora mayrella

Metallic coleophora moth
	Coleophora mayrella, Roundton Hill, North Wales
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. mayrella
Binomial name
	Coleophora mayrella; (Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
	List Tinea mayrella Hübner, 1813; Phalaena (Tinea) fabriciella Villers, 1789; Porrectaria spissicornis Haworth, 1828; Elachista trochilipennella Costa, 1836; Coleophora coruscipennella Clemens, 1860; Coleophora aeneusella Chambers, 1874; Coleophora auropurpuriella Chambers, 1874; Coleophora tuscaemiliella Costantini, 1923; Damophila moldaviella Nemes, 2004; ;

The metallic coleophora moth (Coleophora mayrella) is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is native to Europe and Armenia, but is an adventive species in the Nearctic realm, where it is found throughout the United States and southern Canada. It has also been recorded from New Zealand, Chile and Argentina.

Description

The wingspan is 10–12 millimetres (0.39–0.47 in).It is one of the metallic green Coleophora differentiated by its black and white ringed antennae, heavily clothed with bronze scales to 2/5ths.Coleophora deauratella has grey antennae from 2/5 excepting a white tip. ^[1]

They fly during the day as well as after dark. They are on wing in June and July in western Europe^[2] and from May to August in North America.

References

^ Emmet A.M., Langmaid J.R., Bland K.P., Corley M.G.V. & Razowski J, Coleophoridae in A. Maitland Emmet ed., 1996 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Volume 3 (Yponomeutidae to Elachistidae)
^ "Coleophora mayrella". UK Moths. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

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[1] Emmet A.M., Langmaid J.R., Bland K.P., Corley M.G.V. & Razowski J, Coleophoridae in A. Maitland Emmet ed., 1996 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Volume 3 (Yponomeutidae to Elachistidae)

[2] "Coleophora mayrella". UK Moths. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

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