Coleophora fuscocuprella

Coleophora fuscocuprella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. fuscocuprella
Binomial name
Coleophora fuscocuprella
Herrich-Schaffer, 1855[1]

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.[2] There is one generation per year with adults on wing from mid-May to late June.[3]

The larvae feed on Alnus, Betula pendula, Betula pubescens, Carpinus betulus and Corylus avellana. They create a lobe case with many small leaf fragments attached to it. The larvae are attached to the leaf underside, where they make a large number of relatively small fleck mines.[4] Full-grown cases can be found in August and October. Pupation takes place in the case, usually attached to a trunk just above ground level.

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