- Coleophora spumosella
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Coleophora spumosella Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Coleophoridae Genus: Coleophora Species: C. spumosella Binomial name Coleophora spumosella
Staudinger, 1859[1]Coleophora spumosella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It has a disjunct distribution and is found in France, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Croatia and southern Russia.
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.
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