Coleophora wockeella
Species of moth
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Coleophora wockeella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Latvia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Albania and from Great Britain to southern Russia.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. wockeella |
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The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July in western Europe.[2]
The larvae feed on betony (Stachys officinalis).[3] Larvae can be found from autumn to mid-May.
Etymology
The species was named after the German entomologist Maximilian Ferdinand Wocke.
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