Coleophora adjectella

Coleophora adjectella
Coleophora adjectella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. adjectella
Binomial name
Coleophora adjectella
Herrich-Schäffer, 1861
Synonyms
  • Coleophora badiipennella adjectella

Coleophora adjectella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Scandinavia to Spain, Sardinia, Sicily and Greece and from Great Britain to Poland and Slovakia.[1]

The wingspan is 9-10 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Crataegus species, Prunus domestica and Prunus spinosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The first larval case is constructed from a cut out area of an oval mine in the centre of the leaf. The second and third cases are cut out of a mine along the leaf margin. The final case is 6-7 mm long, with a bivalved, square-cut rear end. The mouth angle is about 45°.[3] The larvae can be found from August to May in most of the range, but hibernate twice in Denmark.

References

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