Coleophora cartilaginella

Coleophora cartilaginella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. cartilaginella
Binomial name
Coleophora cartilaginella Christoph, 1872[1]
Synonyms
Coleophora dubiosa Toll, 1952 Coleophora medicagivora Toll, 1961 Coleophora paraspumosella Toll, 1957

Coleophora cartilaginella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It has a disjunct distribution. It has been recorded from the Iberian Peninsula, northern Russia, Hungary, Ukraine, Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia. It is also known from southern Russia, central Asia, Iran and Afghanistan.

Adults are on wing in June.^[2]

The larvae feed on Astragalus albicaulis and Medicago species. They create a straw-coloured pistol case of up to 16 mm long. The mouth angle is about 45°.^[3] Larvae can be found from autumn to June of the following year.

References

1. ^ Fauna Europaea
2. ^ The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)
3. ^ bladmineerders.nl

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