Species Coleophora spinella - Apple & Plum Casebearer Moth - Hodges#1307 (original) (raw)

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)

Family Coleophoridae (Casebearer Moths)

Subfamily Coleophorinae

Genus Coleophora

No Taxon (Spatulate and Tubular Leaf Casebearers)

Species spinella (Apple & Plum Casebearer Moth - Hodges#1307)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Coleophora spinella (Schrank, 1802)

Tinea spinella Schrank, 1802

Coleophora cerasivorella Packard, 1870

Explanation of Names

Author: Schrank, 1802

Identification

It can only be definitely separated as an adult by reference to the genitalia, from the very similar C. coracipennella and C. prunifoliae

Range

West coast and northeastern North America; Europe

Remarks

Probably introduced from Europe