Coleophora amellivora

Coleophora amellivora
Coleophora amellivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. amellivora
Binomial name
Coleophora amellivora
Baldizzone, 1979[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora calcariella Toll, 1962

Coleophora amellivora is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Romania and from France to Poland.

The larvae feed on Aster alpinus, Aster amellus, Aster linosyris and Aster salignus. They create a greyish brown tubular silken case with a mouth angle of 20-45°. The larva mines in the lower leaves. After the case has been tightened to the leaf, the larva leaves the case and makes a long corridor mine.[2] Larvae can be found from September to May. After hibernation, the larvae do not feed.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ bladmineerders.nl
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