Coleophora glitzella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to Italy and from Great Britain to Romania. It was recently reported from Yukon, Canada.[2]
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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. glitzella
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| Coleophora glitzella | |
Description
editThe wingspan is 10–14 mm (0.39–0.55 in).[3]
The larvae feed on Vaccinium vitis-idaea and Vaccinium uliginosum.[4] Full-grown larvae can be found at the end of April.
References
edit- ^ "Coleophora glitzella Hofmann, 1869". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology
- ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
- ^ "Coleophora glitzella". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
External links
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