Coleophora hieronella
Encyclopedia
Coleophora hieronella is a moth
of the Coleophoridae
family. It is found in southern Europe
and North Africa
.
The length of the forewings is 6-6.5 mm for males and 5.5-6 mm for females.
The larvae feed on Trifolium angustifolium
.
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...
of the Coleophoridae
Coleophoridae
| name = Case-bearers| image = Coleophoridae-01 .jpg| image_width = 240px| image_caption = Adult of an unidentified case-bearer species| regnum = Animalia| phylum = Arthropoda| classis = Insecta| ordo = Lepidoptera| superfamilia = Gelechioidea...
family. It is found in southern Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
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The length of the forewings is 6-6.5 mm for males and 5.5-6 mm for females.
The larvae feed on Trifolium angustifolium
Trifolium angustifolium
Trifolium angustifolium is a species of clover known by the common names narrow clover and narrowleaf crimson clover.-Distribution:It is native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa...
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