Coleophora meridionella

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Coleophora meridionella
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. meridionella
Binomial name
Coleophora meridionella
Rebel, 1912[1]

Coleophora meridionella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Austria to Italy and from France to Greece.

The larvae feed on Silene saxifraga and Silene vulgaris. They create a trivalved, spindle-shaped, tubular silken case of 11.5–13 mm and a mouth angle of about 30°. The case has length lines of attached sand grains.[2] Larvae can be found from May to June.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2011-05-03.

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