Coleophora serratulella

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Coleophora serratulella
Coleophora serratulella.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. serratulella
Binomial name
Coleophora serratulella
Herrich-Schaffer, 1855[1]

Coleophora serratulella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Germany to the Pyrenees and Alps and from France to Romania and Greece.

Mined leaf of Serratula cyanoides with larva-case attached
Larva
Larval case

The larvae feed on Jurinea species and Serratula tinctoria. They create a composite leaf case of up to 16 mm long. The mouth angle is about 30°.[2] Full-grown larvae can be found in July.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2011-04-27.

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