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Coleophora leucochrysella Clemens, 1863:6

American coleophorid moth, Chestnut case-bearer moth

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: early 20th century

Since rediscovered?

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

 

This species has apparently been rediscovered: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/gtr/gtr_nrs-p-28papers/01wagner-p-28.pdf

 

Distribution

USA

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

For a photograph of a preserved specimen see: http://www.artensterben.de/details.php?id=439

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Clemens, Brackenridge. (1863). American micro-lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 2(1): 4-14.

 

Other references:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (eds). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. pp. 378. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Busck, August. (1903). Notes on Brackenridge Clemens' types of Tineina. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 5: 181-220. [p. 210]

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1996). Coleophora leucochrysella. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 29 July 2012.

World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1996. Coleophora leucochrysella. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T5111A11115175. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T5111A11115175.en. Accessed on 02 July 2022.

https://www.acf.org/ct/news-and-updates/chestnut-and-invertebrate-extinctions/

http://www.artensterben.de/details.php?id=439

 

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