Coleophora albicostella

Coleophora albicostella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. albicostella
Binomial name
Coleophora albicostella (Duponchel, 1842)[1]
Synonyms
Ornix albicostella Duponchel, 1842 Coleophora approximata Gozmany, 1956

Coleophora albicostella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Latvia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Greece and Cyprus.

The larvae feed on Fragaria vesca, Potentilla cinerea, Potentilla palustris and Potentilla tabaernaemontani. They create a yellowish white spatulate leaf case. It strongly compressed laterally and bivalved.^[2] Larvae can be found from autumn to May.

References

1. ^ Fauna Europaea
2. ^ bladmineerders.nl

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