Coleophora albicella

Coleophora albicella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. albicella
Binomial name
Coleophora albicella Constant, 1885[1]
Synonyms
Coleophora santolinae Hartig 1938 Coleophora ventifuga Walsingham, 1898

Coleophora albicella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in France, Spain, Corsica and Sardinia.

The larvae feed on Artemisia caerulescens gallica and Santolina chamaecyparissus. They create a tubular silken case. The surface has a number of fine, vague, length lines and a white dumentum. The case is 6-7 mm long, trivalved and has a mouth angle of about 0°. The case has a rather sharp bend just behind the mouth.^[2] Larvae can be found from October to June.

References

1. ^ Fauna Europaea
2. ^ bladmineerders.nl

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