Coleophora
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Coleophora is a very large genus of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

s of the family Coleophoridae
Coleophoridae
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. It contains some 1,350 described species. The genus is represented on all continents, but the majority are found in the Nearctic
Nearctic
The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

 and Palaearctic regions. Many authors have tried splitting the genus into numerous smaller ones, but most of these have not become widely accepted.

As with most members of the family, the larva
Larva
A larva is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle...

e initially feed on the seeds, flowers or leaves of the host plant, but when larger, they feed externally and construct distinctive protective silken cases, often incorporating plant material. Many species have specific host plants; discarded larval cases are often scattered thickly on affected plants.

Synonyms

SynonymSourceYearNotes TypespeciesSourceYearColeophora viminetella
Coleophora lusciniaepennella
Coleophora lusciniaepennella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, the Mediterranean Islands and most of the Balkan Peninsula and Russia. It occurs in forest-steppe biotopes....

Zeller 1849
Amselghia Capuse 1973 Coleophora fringillella
Coleophora fringillella
Coleophora fringillella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in France, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Asia Minor....

Zeller 1839
Amseliphora Capuse 1971 Coleophora niveicostella
Coleophora niveicostella
Coleophora niveicostella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Sweden and Latvia to Spain, Italy and Greece and from Great Britain to Romania.The wingspan is 11-13 mm. Adults are on wing in July....

Zeller 1839
Apista Hübner 1825 junior subjective synonym Tinea gallipennella
Coleophora gallipennella
Coleophora gallipennella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe . It is also found in Asia Minor....

Hübner 1796
Apocopta Falkovich 1987 C. campella
Coleophora campella
Coleophora campella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Turkestan and Uzbekistan.The wingspan is about 8 mm.The larvae feed on Salsola gemmascens. The entire development takes place inside the fruit of their host plant. The larvae are chocolate-brown or ocher-yellow, with a more...

Falkovich 1973
Aporiptura Falkovich 1972 C. keireuki
Coleophora keireuki
Coleophora keireuki is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Turkestan and Uzbekistan.The larvae feed on the leaves of Caroxylon species, including Caroxylon orientalis. They create a leafy, tubular, straight case. It consists of two to three cylindrical pieces. No expansion of the...

Falkovich 1970
Ardania Capuse 1973 C. bilineatella
Coleophora bilineatella
Coleophora bilineatella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Italy and Greece and from France to Romania....

Zeller 1849
Argyractinia Falkovich 1972 Porrectaria ochrea
Coleophora ochrea
Coleophora ochrea is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Sweden tot the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Crete and from Great Britain to southern Russia.The wingspan is 15-19 mm. Adults have ochreous forewings...

Haworth 1828
Ascleriductia Capuse 1973 C. lithargyrinella
Coleophora lithargyrinella
Coleophora lithargyrinella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from Ireland to the Baltic States and Romania.The wingspan is 11-13.5 mm...

Zeller 1849
Astyages Stephens 1834 junior objective synonym of Haploptilia
Atractula Falkovich 1987 C. lycii
Coleophora lycii
Coleophora lycii is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Turkestan and Uzbekistan.The larvae feed on Lycium ruthenicum. They create a leafy case, consisting of five or six pieces, the length of which is distinctly greater toward the front. The valve is two-sided. The length of the...

Falkovich 1972
Aureliania Capuse 1971 junior homonym of Aureliania Gosse 1860 Ecebalia
Bacescuia Capuse 1971 C. moeniacella Stainton sensu Capuse 1971
Baraschia Capuse 1973 C. paradoxella
Coleophora paradoxella
Coleophora paradoxella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in southern Russia and China....

Toll 1961
Belina Falkovich 1987 C. bojalyshi
Coleophora bojalyshi
Coleophora bojalyshi is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Uzbekistan.The larvae feed on the leaves of Arbuscula arbuscula. They create a leafy case, consisting of five to six obliquely arranged pieces. The valve is two-sided and not compact. The length of the case is 10-11.5 mm and...

Falkovich 1972
Benanderpia Capuse 1973 C. adspersella
Coleophora adspersella
Coleophora adspersella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, Switzerland and Slovenia. It is also found in China. It occurs in forest and foreststeppe biotopes, and in anthropogenic landscapes where the foodplant occurs.The wingspan is...

Benander 1939
Bim Falkovich 1972 incorrect subsequent spelling of Bima
Bima Falkovich 1972 C. arctostaphyli
Coleophora arctostaphyli
Coleophora arctostaphyli is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy and from Great Britain to Poland.The wingspan is 12-14 mm....

Meder 1934
Bourgogneja Capuse 1971 Phalaena (Tinea) onosmella Brahm 1791
Calcomarginia Capuse 1973 Ornix ballotella
Coleophora ballotella
Coleophora ballotella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Germany, Poland and the Baltic States to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece...

Fischer von Röslerstamm 1839
Caleophora Capuse 1973 incorrect subsequent spelling of Coleophora
Carpochena Flakovich 1972 C. squalorella
Coleophora squalorella
Coleophora squalorella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to Austria, Croatia, Romania and Ukraine and from the Netherlands to the Baltic States. It is also known from the Lower Volga and Ural regions of Russia and China. It occurs in steppe and semi-desert...

Zeller 1849
Casas Wallengren 1881 Tinea leucapennella
Coleophora albella
Coleophora albella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe.The wingspan is 16-18 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June.The larvae feed on Silene nutans and Silene vulgaris...

Hübner 1796
Casigneta Wallengren 1881 junior homonym of Casigneta Brunner von Wattenwyl 1878 Casignetella
Casignetella Strand 1928 objective replacement name C. millefolii
Coleophora millefolii
Coleophora millefolii is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Great Britain, Ireland and the Iberian Peninsula.The wingspan is 11-12 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of June to August....

Zeller 1849
Characia Falkovich 1972 C. haloxyli
Coleophora haloxyli
Coleophora haloxyli is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Turkestan and Uzbekistan.The larvae feed on Haloxylon persicum. They create a leafy case, consisting of six sections of branches which gradually enlarge toward the anterior end. There is a small tube at the caudal end of the...

Falkovich 1970
Chnoocera Flakovich 1972 C. botaurella
Coleophora botaurella
Coleophora botaurella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Russia , Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan and Turkey.Adults are on wing from June to August....

Herrich-Schäffer 1861
Corethropoea Falkovich 1972 C. elephantella
Coleophora elephantella
Coleophora elephantella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Turkestan and Uzbekistan.The larvae feed on Caroxylon species, including Caroxylon orientalis. They form large galls on the branches of their host plant. These have the form of a thickening on the branches with a broad...

Falkovich 1970
Cornulivalvulia Capuse 1973 C. vicinella
Coleophora vicinella
Coleophora vicinella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from France to Ukraine and then further south.The wingspan is 16-17 mm....

Zeller 1849
Corothropoea Capuse 1973 incorrect subsequent spelling of Corethropoea
Cricotechna Falkovich 1972 C. vitisella
Coleophora vitisella
Coleophora vitisella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from Great Britain to Romania....

Gregson 1856
Damophila J. Curtis 1832 junior subjective synonym Porrectaria spissicornis (C. mayrella
Coleophora mayrella
The Metallic Coleophora Moth is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is native to Europe and Armenia, but is an adventive species in the Nearctic ecozone, where it is found throughout the United States and southern Canada. It has also been recorded from New Zealand, Chile and Argentina...

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Haworth 1828
Ductispira Capuse 1974 C. unistriella
Coleophora attalicella
Coleophora attalicella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in the Lower Volga region and Ural region of Russia and Afghanistan.Adults are on wing in June....

Caradja 1920
Dumitrescumia Capuse 1975 C. cecidophorella
Coleophora cecidophorella
Coleophora cecidophorella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in France, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Ukraine....

Oudejans 1972
Ecebalia Capuse 1973 Ornix laripennella
Coleophora vestianella
Coleophora vestianella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Europe to Asia Minor, Iran, Afghanistan, China, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.The wingspan is 11–16 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August....

Zetterstedt 1839
Eupista Hübner 1825 junior subjective synonym Tinea ornatipennella
Coleophora ornatipennella
Coleophora ornatipennella is a small moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Central and South-Eastern Europe and in the Near East. It is also found in China.The wingspan is about 12 mm...

Hübner 1796
Falkovitshia Capuse 1972 misspelling Falkovitschia Falkovitshia marcella
Coleophora marcella
Coleophora marcella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Uzbekistan....

Capuse 1972
Frederickoenigia Capuse 1971 Ornix flavipennella
Coleophora flavipennella
Coleophora flavipennella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Europe.The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The moth flies from July to August depending on the location....

Duponchel 1843
Glaseria Capuse 1971 C. biseriatella
Coleophora biseriatella
Coleophora biseriatella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Spain....

Staudinger 1859
Globulia Capuse 1975 C. cornuta
Coleophora cornutella
Coleophora cornutella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and the Alps and from France to Romania.The wingspan is 9-10 mm....

Heinemann & Wocke 1876
Glochis Falkovich 1987 C. tshogoni
Coleophora tshogoni
Coleophora tshogoni is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Turkestan and Uzbekistan.The larvae feed on Aellenia subaphylla and rarely on Aellenia glauca. They create a leafy case, consisting of three obliquely imbricate pieces, the margins of which may more or less protrude downward...

Falkovich 1972
Hamuliella Capuse 1973 C. otitae
Coleophora galbulipennella
Coleophora galbulipennella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae or leaf miner. It is known from Europe, where it is found from Sweden to Spain, Italy and Greece and from Great Britain to southern Russia.The wingspan is 15–17 mm...

Zeller 1839
Haploptilia Hübner 1825 junior subjective synonym Tinea coracipennella
Coleophora coracipennella
Coleophora coracipennella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is known from Europe, where it is found from Germany to Sicily and from Great Britain to Romania. It has also been recorded from Estonia and southern Russia....

Hübner 1796
Helopharea Falkovich 1972 C. ledi
Coleophora ledi
Coleophora ledi is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees and the Alps. In the east, it ranges to Japan...

Stainton 1860
Helvalbia Capuse 1973 Porrectaria lineolea
Coleophora lineolea
Coleophora lineolea is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe.The wingspan is 11-14.5 mm. Adults have yellowish ochre veins...

Haworth 1828
Heringiella Börner 1944 junior homonym of Heringiella Berg 1898 Carpochena
Ionescumia Capuse 1971 C. clypeiferella
Coleophora clypeiferella
Coleophora clypeiferella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to France, Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine. It is also known from the Caucasus and Ural regions of Russia and China. It occurs in steppe and cultivated...

Hofmann 1871
Ionnemesia Capuse 1973 C. chalcogrammella
Coleophora chalcogrammella
Coleophora chalcogrammella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Sweden and northern Russia to the Pyrenees and the Alps and from Great Britain to Romania.The wingspan is 8-10 mm....

Zeller 1839
Kasyfia Capuse 1973 Ornix binderella
Coleophora binderella
Coleophora binderella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Scandinavia and Finland to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy, and from Ireland to the Baltic States and Romania.The wingspan is 8-12 mm...

Kollar 1832
Klimeschja Capuse 1971 C. oriolella
Coleophora oriolella
Coleophora oriolella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Germany and Poland to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Sicily and Greece and from France to southern Russia....

Zeller 1849
Klimeschjosefia Capuse 1975 unnecessary replacement name of Klimeschja
Klinzigedia Capuse 1971 C. phlomidella
Coleophora phlomidella
Coleophora phlomidella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in southern Russia and central Asia.The larvae feed on the leaves of Phlomis pungens and Phlomis kopetdaghensis. They create a large lobe case. The rear part is strongly curved downwards and the mouth angle is about 45°. Leaf...

Christoph 1862
Klinzigia Capuse 1971 incorrect original spelling of Kinzigedia
Kuznetzovvlia Capuse 1973 C. solidaginella
Coleophora solidaginella
Coleophora solidaginella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Spain and Portugal.The larvae feed on Dittrichia viscosa and Solidago species. They create a laterally compressed spatulate leaf case of about 12 mm. The rear end is hardly narrowed, squarely cut off and bivalved. The...

Staudinger 1859
Latisacculia Capuse 1973 C. crocinella
Coleophora colutella
Coleophora colutella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in all of Europe, except Great Britain and Ireland. It is an introduced species in North America.The wingspan is 12-14 mm....

Tengström 1848
Longibacillia Capuse 1973 C. fergana
Coleophora fergana
Coleophora fergana is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Transoxiana....

Toll 1961
Lucidaesia Capuse 1973 Phalaena frischella Linnaeus sensu Capuse 1973
Luzulina Falkovich 1972 C. antennariella
Coleophora antennariella
Coleophora antennariella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Great Britain to Romania, Poland, the Baltic States and northern Russia and from Fennoscandia to France, Italy and Hungary....

Herrich-Schäffer 1861
Lvaria Capuse 1973 C. lassella
Coleophora lassella
Coleophora lassella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is widespread in Europe including Belgium, the Canary Islands, Corsica, Crete, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, southern Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Spain,...

Staudinger 1859
Macrocorystis Meyrick 1931 C. byrsostola Meyrick 1931
Membrania Capuse 1973 C. calycotomella
Coleophora calycotomella
Coleophora calycotomella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from the Netherlands and Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Sicily and Crete.The wingspan is 11.5-15 mm....

Stainton 1869
Metallosetia Stephens 1834 junior objective synonym of Damophila
Metapista Capuse 1973 C. stramentella
Coleophora stramentella
Coleophora stramentella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from the Czech Republic and Austria to Greece.The larvae feed on Astragalus onobrychis. They create a tubular silken case with a mouth angle of about 45°....

Zeller 1849
Monotemachia Falkovich 1972 Tinea auricella
Coleophora auricella
Coleophora auricella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Germany and Poland to Spain, Italy and Romania. It has also been recorded from southern Russia....

Fabricius 1794
Multicoloria Capuse 1973 C. ditella
Coleophora ditella
Coleophora ditella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Bulgaria.The larvae feed on Achillea millefolium, Artemisia alba, Artemisia campestris, Artemisia maritima, Artemisia vulgaris, Aster linosyris, Helichrysum and Tanacetum...

Zeller 1849
Nemesia Capuse 1971 junior homonym of Nemesia Savigny 1826 Ionnemesia
Neugenvia Capuse 1973 Eupista vlachi
Coleophora ramosella
Coleophora ramosella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Hungary and from Ireland to Slovakia. It is also found in southern Russia.The wingspan is 10-12 mm....

Toll 1953
Nosyrislia Capuse 1973 C. linosyris
Coleophora linosyris
Coleophora linosyris is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in France, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania....

E.M. Hering 1937
Oedicaula Falkovich 1972 C. serinipennella
Coleophora serinipennella
Coleophora serinipennella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in southern Europe, North Africa, the Near East, the eastern Palearctic ecozone , as well as south-western Queensland, South Australia and arid areas of Western Australia south of Carnarvon.The wingspan is 14–17 mm...

Christoph 1872
Omphalopoda Falkovich 1987 C. stegosaurus
Coleophora stegosaurus
Coleophora stegosaurus is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Uzbekistan.The larvae feed on Lycium ruthenicum. They create a leafy case, consisting of up to 20 pieces of leaf. The pieces are glued together only on the upper side. The entire lower side of the case consists only of a...

Falkovich 1972
Orghidania Capuse 1971 Tinea gryphipennella
Coleophora gryphipennella
Coleophora gryphipennella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, from Fennoscandia to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy and from Ireland to the Black Sea.The wingspan is 11–13 mm...

Hübner 1796
Orthographis Falkovich 1972 C. brevipalpella
Coleophora brevipalpella
Coleophora brevipalpella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, the Alps and the Carpathian Mountains and from Germany to Romania and the Republic of Macedonia.The wingspan is 17-19 mm....

Wocke 1874
Oudejansia Capuse 1973 C. obviella
Coleophora obviella
Coleophora obviella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from the Czech Republic to Italy and Albania.The larvae feed on Leontopodium alpinum and Primula auricula. The final case, which is made after hibernation, is a greyish black sheath case of about 12 mm long with a mouth angle of...

Rebel 1914
Papyrosipha Falkovich 1987 C. zhusguni
Coleophora zhusguni
Coleophora zhusguni is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in southern Russia.The larvae feed on Calligonum leucocladum. They mine the green branches of their host plant. They create a silky case with a straight caudal part and a sharply down-curved anterior end. The case is...

Falkovich 1972
Paravalvulia Capuse 1975 C. spiraeella
Coleophora spiraeella
Coleophora spiraeella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Central and Southern Europe, from Germany and Poland to Italy and Slovenia.The wingspan is 9–12 mm....

Rebel 1916
Patzakia Capuse 1973 C. silenella
Coleophora silenella
Coleophora silenella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Fennoscandia, Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Ukraine.The wingspan is 14-19 mm. Adults are white with creamy-ochre longitudinal streaks and black speckles...

Herrich-Schäffer 1855
Perygra Falkovich 1972 C. caespititiella Zeller 1839
Perygridia Falkovich 1972 C. sylvaticella
Coleophora sylvaticella
Coleophora sylvaticella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Norway and Sweden to France, Italy and Romania and from Ireland to Poland and Slovakia.The wingspan is 11-12 mm. Adults are on wing in May and June....

Wood 1892
Phagolamia Falkovich 1972 C. virgatella
Coleophora virgatella
Coleophora virgatella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Germany and Poland to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece. It has also been recorded from southern Russia and central Asia.Adults are on wing from late June to July....

Zeller 1849
Phylloschema Falkovich 1972 C. glitzella
Coleophora glitzella
Coleophora glitzella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to Italy and from Great Britain to Romania.The wingspan is 10-14 mm....

Hofmann 1869
Plegmidia Falkovich 1972 C. juncicolella
Coleophora juncicolella
Coleophora juncicolella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Mediterranean Sea and from Ireland to Poland and Hungary....

Stainton 1851
Polystrophia Falkovich 1987 C. calligoni
Coleophora calligoni
Coleophora calligoni is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in southern Russia, Turkestan and Uzbekistan.Adults are on wing from June to August....

Falkovich 1972
Porrectaria Haworth 1828 junior objective synonym of Coleophora Tinea anatipennella
Coleophora anatipennella
Coleophora anatipennella is a moth of the case-bearer family . It is the type species of its genus and, via that, of its family....

Hübner 1796
Postvinculia Capuse 1975 Ornix lutipennella
Coleophora lutipennella
Coleophora lutipennella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except the Mediterranean Islands.The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The moth flies from July to August depending on the location....

Zeller 1838
Proglaseria Capuse 1973 C. laticostella
Coleophora fretella
Coleophora fretella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Spain, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro, Greece and Turkey....

J.J. Mann 1859
Protocryptis Meyrick 1931 Protocryptis obducta
Coleophora obducta
Coleophora obducta is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Japan and Russia .The wingspan is 8-10 mm. Adults have a grey head, thorax, legs and abdomen. The forewings are dark grey with a faint coppery gloss. The hindwings are grey to dark grey.The larvae feed on Larix leptolepis and...

Meyrick 1931
Quadratia Capuse 1975 C. fuscocuprella
Coleophora fuscocuprella
Coleophora fuscocuprella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy, Albania and Romania and from Ireland to Russia.The wingspan is 8-10 mm...

Herrich-Schäffer 1854
Razowskia Capuse 1971 C. hafneri Prohaska 1923
Rhabdoeca Falkovich 1987 C. galligena
Coleophora galligena
Coleophora galligena is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Central Asia , Jordan and Pakistan....

Falkovich 1970
Rhamnia Capuse 1975 C. ahenella
Coleophora ahenella
Coleophora ahenella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in all of Europe, except Ireland and the Balkan Peninsula.The wingspan is about 12 mm. Adults are unicolorous grey with a slight sheen...

Heinemann 1876
Sacculia Capuse 1975 C. excellens
Coleophora rhanteriella
Coleophora rhanteriella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Algeria, Libya and Tunisia.The larvae feed on Rhanterium abpressum. They feed on the leaves of their host plant....

Toll 1952
Scleriductia Capuse 1973 C. ochripennella
Coleophora ochripennella
Coleophora ochripennella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Germany and Poland to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece.The larvae feed on Ballota nigra, Glechoma hederacea, Lamium album, Lamium purpureum, Stachys officinalis and Stachys sylvatica. They create a hairy, slender,...

Zeller 1849
Stabilaria Falkovich 1988 C. univittella
Coleophora univittella
Coleophora univittella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Ukraine....

Staudinger 1880
Stollia Capuse 1971 junior homonym of Stollia Ellenrieder 1862 Coleophora
Suireia Capuse 1971 Ornix badiipennella
Coleophora badiipennella
Coleophora badiipennella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Europe, from Fennoscandia to the Mediterranean Sea and from Great Britain to southern Russia. It is also known from North America.The wingspan is 9–11 mm...

Duponchel 1843
Symphypoda Falkovich 1972 C. transcaspica
Coleophora parthenica
The Russian Thistle Stem Miner Moth is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is native to North Africa, the Middle East and Asia, including Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey. It is an introduced species in California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Arizona and Hawaii.Adults are creamy-white...

Toll 1959
Systrophoeca Falkovich 1972 C. siccifolia
Coleophora siccifolia
Coleophora siccifolia is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe.The wingspan is 10-12 mm.The larvae feed on Alnus, Betula lutea, Betula pubescens, Carpinus betulus, Crataegus laevigata, Malus domestica, Sorbus aucuparia and Tilia species. They create a tubular leaf case...

Stainton 1856
Tolleophora Capuse 1971 C. asthenella
Coleophora asthenella
Coleophora asthenella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in the western part of the Mediterranean Region.The larvae feed on Tamarix africana. They create a composite leaf case of 5-6 mm, made of mined leaves. Larvae can be found in May....

Constant 1893
Tollsia Capuse 1973 C. hornigi
Coleophora violacea
Coleophora violacea is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Hungary and from Great Britain to Russia.The wingspan is 9-11 mm...

Toll 1952
Tritemachia Falkovich 1987 C. captiosa
Coleophora captiosa
Coleophora captiosa is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Turkestan and Mongolia.The larvae feed on Haloxylon aphyllum. They create a leafy case, consisting of a thin caudal tube and two apices of hollowed branches. The valve is undeveloped and the adult moves out of the case...

Falkovich 1972
Tuberculia Capuse 1975 C. albitarsella
Coleophora albitarsella
Coleophora albitarsella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, but has not been recorded from Ireland and Greece.The wingspan is 10-13 mm...

Zeller 1849
Ulna Capuse 1973 C. saponariella
Coleophora saponariella
Coleophora saponariella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Sweden to Portugal and Italy and from France to Poland and Romania.The wingspan is 8-10 mm....

Heeger 1848
Valvulongia Capuse 1971 C. falcigerella
Coleophora falcigerella
Coleophora falcigerella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in southern Russia.The larvae feed on the leaves of Glycyrrhiza glabra....

Christoph 1872
Vladdelia Capuse 1971 C. niveistrigella
Coleophora niveistrigella
Coleophora niveistrigella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Latvia to the Pyrenees and the Alps and from France to Slovakia. It is also found in southern Russia.Adults are on wing from May to July....

Wocke 1876
Zagulajevia Capuse 1971 C. tadzhikiella
Coleophora tadzhikiella
Coleophora tadzhikiella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Tadzhikistan.The larvae feed on the leaves of Malus, Pyrus, Crataegus, Amygdalus, Cydonia, Prunus, Cerasus, Armeniaca, Persica, Cotoneaster, Sorbus and Rosa species....

Danilevsky 1955
Zangheriphora Capuse 1971 Tinea laricella
Coleophora laricella
The Western Larch Case-Bearer is a moth belonging to the family of case-bearing moths Coleophoridae. It is native to Central and Northern Europe, with its original food source being the European Larch or Larix decidua...

Hübner 1817

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