Coleophora brevipalpella
Local name: större klintsäckmal
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Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Större klintsäckmal (Coleophora brevipalpella) faces severe threats from habitat loss and degradation of its specialized coastal cliff environments. Climate change poses additional risks through altered vegetation patterns and increased storm intensity affecting its fragile cliff-face habitats, while the species' highly restricted range makes it extremely vulnerable to local extinctions.
Habitat
This micro-moth species inhabits coastal cliff environments and rocky shoreline areas where it depends on specific host plants growing in crevices and on ledges of limestone and chalk cliffs. The species is associated with maritime grasslands and sparse vegetation communities that develop in these exposed coastal cliff systems.
Other threatened species in Coleophoridae
Frequently asked questions
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