Coleophoridae : Coleophora sternipennella

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Note: for the keys in MBGBI it says for females for saxicolella "ostium shallowly U shaped" whilst sternipennella it says "ostium V shaped". Well this isn't totally correct and it all depends on the degree of flattening of the prep. In actual fact for saxicolella the ostium is recessed within the sub genital plate (8th tergite), whilst for sternipennella it is almost flush with the posterior end.

Male Preparations

Coleophora sternipennella (Zetterstedt, 1839) © František Kosorín

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Coleophora sternipennella (Zetterstedt, 1839) © Jon Clifton

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Coleophora sternipennella (Zetterstedt, 1839) © Oliver Wadsworth

Worcester VC37. 27/07/2011

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Coleophora sternipennella (Zetterstedt, 1839) © Sveinung Larsen

Leg, prep & det Sveinung Larsen.

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Coleophora sternipennella (Zetterstedt, 1839) © Peter Hall

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Female Preparations

Coleophora sternipennella (Zetterstedt, 1839) © David Manning

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Coleophora sternipennella (Zetterstedt, 1839) © Peter Hall

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Coleophora sternipennella (Zetterstedt, 1839) © Raymond A. Watson

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Coleophora sternipennella (Zetterstedt, 1839) © Horst Pichler

Coleophora sternipennella, Austria, Steiermark, Graz, St. Peter, garden, edge of the mixed forest approx. 380m, to light, 4. August 2021. Det., prep., coll., phot. Horst Pichler

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Coleophora sternipennella (Zetterstedt, 1839) © František Kosorín

Slovakia, Štiavnické vrchy, Rybník 310 m, 20.8.2021, leg., det., coll., foto.- František Kosorín (Gen. prep. 4755)

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Coleophora sternipennella (Zetterstedt, 1839) © František Kosorín

Slovakia, Chalmová, August 2021, ex larve on Amaranthus, leg., cult,- Ivan Richter, det., coll., foto.- František Kosorín (Gen. prep. 4792)

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Coleophora sternipennella (Zetterstedt, 1839) © Horst Pichler

Coleophora sternipennella, Austria, Steiermark, Fischbacher Alpen, St. Kathrein am Offenegg, Sommeralm, 1400 m, to light, 1. August 2022. Det.:Peter Hall, prep., coll., phot., Horst Pichler

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Coleophora sternipennella (Zetterstedt, 1839) © Horst Pichler

Coleophora sternipennella, Austria, Steiermark, Ponigl nearby Weiz, forest path, approx. 1100 m, to light, 25. July 2022. Det., coll., phot. Horst Pichler

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Other Preparation Images

Coleophora sternipennella (Zetterstedt, 1839) © Ignác Richter

Comparison between Coleophora sternipennella and C. saxicolella

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Comparison between Coleophora sternipennella adults and C. saxicolella
1-6 = C. sternipennella (wingspan approx. 12mm, first 2 rows), 7-12 = C. saxicolella (wingspan approx 15mm, third and fourth rows)

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Coleophora sternipennella, Austria, Steiermark, Graz, St. Peter, garden, edge of the mixed forest approx. 380m, to light, 4. August 2021. Det., prep., coll., phot. Horst Pichler

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Adult Images

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Male

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Coleophora sternipennella, Austria, Steiermark, Graz, St. Peter, garden, edge of the mixed forest approx. 380m, to light, 4. August 2021. Det., prep., coll., phot. Horst Pichler

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Coleophora sternipennella, Austria, Steiermark, Graz, St. Peter, garden, edge of the mixed forest approx. 380m, to light, 4. August 2021. Det., prep., coll., phot. Horst Pichler

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Coleophora sternipennella, Austria, Steiermark, Fischbacher Alpen, St. Kathrein am Offenegg, Sommeralm, 1400 m, to light, 1. August 2022. Det.:Peter Hall, prep., coll., phot., Horst Pichler

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Immature Stages

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Further info: Coleophora sternipennella

- UK Moths

- NBN Atlas

- Lepiforum.org

- Svenska fjarilar

- microlepidoptera.nl

- Global Bio. Information Facility

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