Coleophora adelogrammella

Coleophora adelogrammella
Coleophora adelogrammella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. adelogrammella
Binomial name
Coleophora adelogrammella
Zeller, 1849[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora separatella Benander, 1939

Coleophora adelogrammella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Iberian Peninsula, Corsica, Italy, Macedonia and Thrace and from France to Hungary.

The wingspan is 13-15 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Dianthus sylvestris, Petrorhagia prolifera and Petrorhagia saxifraga. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a trivalved tubular silken case of 7-7.5 mm. The mouth has an angle of 30-35°. In spring, the larvae not only mine the leaves, but also the stems.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Swedish Moths
  3. ^ bladmineerders.nl
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