Coleophora spumosella
Coleophora spumosella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It has a disjunct distribution and is found in France, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Croatia and southern Russia.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. spumosella |
Binomial name | |
Coleophora spumosella Staudinger, 1859[1] | |
The larvae feed on Astragalus, Dorycnium pentaphyllum, Medicago and Ononis species. They create a black pistol case with a large transparent-white pallium that leaves a small part of the case uncovered. The mouth angle is about 45°.[2] Larvae can be found from autumn to April.
References
- Fauna Europaea
- "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
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