Coleophora achilleae

Coleophora achilleae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. achilleae
Binomial name
Coleophora achilleae Baldizzone, 2001[1]

Coleophora achilleae is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Greece.

The larvae feed on Achillea umbellata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a smooth, trivalved, tubular silken case of about 8 mm with a mouth angle of about 20°. It is off-white to light brown in color. The oldest part of the case is warty and includes parts of the plant epidermis.^[2]

References

1. ^ Fauna Europaea
2. ^ bladmineerders.nl

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