Coleophora atriplicis is a moth of the family Coleophoridae found in Europe and North America.
Description The wingspan is 12–14 mm. It is very similar to other Coleophora and impossible to identify without dissection and microscopic examination of the genitalia.microlepidoptera.nl Adults are on wing from July to August in western Europe.British Lepidoptera
The larvae feed on grass-leaved orache (Atriplex littoralis), sea purslane (Halimione portulacoides), glasswort (Salicornia species) and sea-blite (Suaeda species). Full-grown larvae can be found in October.
Distribution Coleophora atriplicis is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to France, Poland and Romania and from Ireland to Ukraine. It is also found in North America, with records from Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Washington state.Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology
References
External links Coleophora atriplicis at UKmoths