Coleophora albicella

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.

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