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