Coleophora atriplicis is a moth of the family Coleophoridae found in Europe and North America.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. atriplicis
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Description
editThe wingspan is 12–14 mm. It is very similar to other Coleophora and impossible to identify without dissection and microscopic examination of the genitalia.[3] Adults are on wing from July to August in western Europe.[4]
The larvae feed on grass-leaved orache (Atriplex littoralis), sea purslane (Halimione portulacoides), glasswort (Salicornia species) and sea-blite (Suaeda species).[5] Full-grown larvae can be found in October.
Distribution
editColeophora atriplicis is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to France, Poland and Romania and from Ireland to Ukraine. It is also found in North America, with records from Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Washington state.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Coleophora atriplicis Meyrick, 1928". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "421617.00 – 1359 – Coleophora atriplicis – Meyrick, 1928". Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl[permanent dead link]
- ^ British Lepidoptera Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ellis, W N. "Coleophora atriplicis Meyrick, 1928 saltmarsh case-bearer". Plant Parasite of Europe. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology
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