Coleophora dentatella

Coleophora dentatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. dentatella
Binomial name
Coleophora dentatella Toll & Amsel, 1967[1]

Coleophora dentatella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in southern Russia.

The larvae feed on Acanthophyllum elatius. They create a silky case uniformly covered with sand. At end of the development, the slender and curved caudal part is discarded. The valve are three-sided and the length of the completed case is 12-15 mm for males and 8-12 mm for females. Larvae can be found in June and (after diapause) again from April to the beginning of May.^[2]

References

1. ^ Fauna Europaea
2. ^ Lepidopterous fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries

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