Coleophora bilineatella

Coleophora bilineatella
Coleophora bilineatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. bilineatella
Binomial name
Coleophora bilineatella
Zeller, 1849[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora perserenella Rebel, 1919
  • Coleophora sergii Gozmany, 1956

Coleophora bilineatella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Italy and Greece and from France to Romania.

The larvae feed on Dorycnium pentaphyllum, Dorycnium pentaphyllum germanicum and Dorycnium pentaphyllum herbaceum. The youth case is 2-3 mm long, laterally compressed, composed of the epidermis, distally narrowed and curved. Later, they create a very slender composite leaf case of 12-19 mm length, composed of 7-9 leaf fragments. The mouth angle is about 45°.[2] Full-grown larvae can be found from June to April. Hibernation occurs at the foot of the hostplant.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ bladmineerders.nl
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