Coleophora anatipennella (Hübner, 1796)
(Pistol Case-bearer)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Coleophora anatipennella (Pistol Case-bearer)
Genus	Coleophora (a genus of case-bearer micro-moths)
Family	COLEOPHORIDAE (a family of micro-moths)
Superfamily	GELECHIOIDEA (a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths)
Infraorder	Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Heteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Coleophora anatipennella is also a member of:
Leaf-miner moths - moths with leaf-mining larvae (via Coleophoridae)
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Gelechioidea)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Coleophora anatipennella (Pistol Case-bearer) :
1: Coleophora anatipennella (Pistol Case-bearer)
20 May 2007	OSGR: TL88	52° 20’ N, 0° 40’ E	Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28)	England
Pupal case on Hawthorn leaf

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

COLEOPHORIDAE
(a family of micro-moths)

GELECHIOIDEA
(a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths)

Ditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Microlepidoptera
(micro-moths)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Coleophora anatipennella (Pistol Case-bearer)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Coleophora anatipennella (Pistol Case-bearer)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

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