Coleophora musculella

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Coleophora musculella
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. musculella
Binomial name
Coleophora musculella
Muhlig, 1864[1]

Coleophora musculella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Poland to the Pyrenees and from France to Hungary.

The larvae feed on Dianthus carthusianorum and Dianthus superbus. They create a trivalved tubular silken case of 5–6 mm, with a mouth angle of 35–40°. The case is yellowish brown with a number of brownish black length lines.[2] Larvae can be found from September to May.

References

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

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