Coleophora absinthivora

Coleophora absinthivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. absinthivora
Binomial name
Coleophora absinthivora Baldizzone, 1990[1]

Coleophora absinthivora is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in France and Spain.

The larvae feed on Artemisia absinthium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a whitish, woolly, bivalved leaf case of about 6 mm with a mouth angle of about 20°.^[2]

References

1. ^ Fauna Europaea
2. ^ bladmineerders.nl

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