Coleophora trochilella (Duponchel, [1843])
(Verge Case-bearer)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesColeophora trochilella (Verge Case-bearer)
GenusColeophora (a genus of case-bearer micro-moths)
FamilyCOLEOPHORIDAE (a family of micro-moths)
SuperfamilyGELECHIOIDEA (a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Coleophora trochilella (Verge Case-bearer) :
1: Coleophora trochilella (Verge Case-bearer)
27 Jun 2006 OSGR: TQ50 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ E Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
larval case on Creeping Thistle . Photos: imago
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - enlargedImage 3: Adult - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Adult - lateral view - enlargedImage 5: Adult - laterero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Adult - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Adult - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 8: Adult - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 9: Feeding traces on Creeping Thistle leaf underside - highly enlargedImage 10: Feeding traces on Creeping Thistle leaf underside - highly enlarged (2)Image 11: Larval case - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 12: Larval case - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 13: Larval case - latero-ventral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 14: Larval case - latero-ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 15: Larval case - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 16: Pupal case - after emergence - dorsal view - enlargedImage 17: Pupal case - after emergence - lateral view - enlargedImage 18: Pupal case - after emergence - latero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 19: Pupal case - after emergence - latero-ventral view - enlargedImage 20: Pupal case - after emergence - latero-ventral view - enlarged (2)

Coleophora trochilella (Verge Case-bearer) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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