Casebearer-moth

Guides

• Coleophora elaeagnisella

  Speckled Casebearer Moth

  A small casebearer moth (family Coleophoridae) known for its distinctive larval case and specialized feeding on Elaeagnaceae plants. The species is restricted to northern North America, where it has been documented from the Great Lakes region northward into Canada. Larvae construct pistol-shaped portable cases from silk and plant material.

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• Coleophora klimeschiella

  Russian thistle casebearer

  Coleophora klimeschiella is a casebearer moth in the family Coleophoridae, native to Asia Minor and Central Asia. It has been introduced to North America as a biological control agent for invasive Russian thistle (Salsola species). The species was first described by Toll in 1952.

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