Coleophoridae
Coleophora trifolii
COLEOPHORA trifolii (Curtis, 1832)
Coleophora trifolii
COLEOPHORA trifolii (Curtis, 1832)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Large Clover Case-bearer
Wingspan: 15-20mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Portugal and some Mediterranean Islands : North Africa : Siberia : Asia Minor : Afghanistan : Introduced into North America
UK Distribution: England and Wales - local, but less so in the south and more local in the north
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Rough Grassland : Waste Ground : Gardens : Marshes : Dunes : Downland : Roadside Verges
Similar Species -
Observations: Most coleophora species are similar and rely on small differences or genitalia examination to separate. With this moth the upper margin of the eye is edged yellow,see photo 1.The antennae is blackish,becoming whitish towards the apex.The forewing is thin and elongate with a metallic golden green sheen towards the apex.This feature is more prominent in the female.
The moth is attracted to light and flies in sunshine.
Wingspan: 15-20mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Portugal and some Mediterranean Islands : North Africa : Siberia : Asia Minor : Afghanistan : Introduced into North America
UK Distribution: England and Wales - local, but less so in the south and more local in the north
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Damophila trifolii (Curtis, 1832)
- Tinea anatipennella Hübner, 1796
- Not Specified
Habitat: Rough Grassland : Waste Ground : Gardens : Marshes : Dunes : Downland : Roadside Verges
Similar Species -
- Coleophora mayrella (Hübner, [1813]) - small species basal 40% of antennae thickly clothed in Purplish scales
- Coleophora deauratella Lienig & Zeller, 1846 - requires genetalia examination
- Coleophora frischella (Linnaeus, 1758) - requires genitalia examination
- Coleophora alcyonipennella (Kollar, 1832) - needs genitalia examination
- Coleophora amethystinella Ragonot, 1885 - scarce - large - without pale tip to antennae
- Coleophora paripennella Zeller, 1839 - smaller,shining greyish brown with metallic brown reflection - not green
Observations: Most coleophora species are similar and rely on small differences or genitalia examination to separate. With this moth the upper margin of the eye is edged yellow,see photo 1.The antennae is blackish,becoming whitish towards the apex.The forewing is thin and elongate with a metallic golden green sheen towards the apex.This feature is more prominent in the female.
The moth is attracted to light and flies in sunshine.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website
where further information like photos,physical
characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal
uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
- Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Fabaceae - Pulse - Bean - Pea Family
- Melilotus alba - Sweet Clover
- Melilotus altissimus - Tall Melilot
- Melilotus officinalis - Yellow Sweet Clover - Yellow Melilot - Ribbed Melilot - Common Melilot
- Trifolium fragiferum - Strawberry Clover
- Trifolium repens - White Clover - Dutch Clover
- Melilotus alba - Sweet Clover
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Gelechioidea Coleophoridae COLEOPHORA Hübner 1822 Coleophora Trifolii (Curtis, 1832) - Tinea anatipennella Hübner, 1796 - Damophila trifolii (Curtis, 1832) = Tinea chalybaeella Costa 1836 = Coleophora meliliotella Scott,1860 = Coleophora fresh ella aurata Toll,1960 = Coleophora trifolii aurata Toll,1960 - Curtis,1833 British .Entomology 9 - 391 -3 Pages - Damophila - Not Specified |