Coleophora cracella
Coleophora cracella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in southern France and Spain and from Slovakia and Hungary to Bulgaria and southern Russia.
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leaf of Vicia cracca eaten by the larva
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Larva
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Larval case
Coleophora cracella | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. cracella |
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Coleophora cracella (Vallot, 1835)[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Vicia cracca. They create a large, blackish pistol case, almost entirely covered by a transparent pallium.[2]
References
- Fauna Europaea
- "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
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