Coleophora tauricella

Coleophora tauricella
Coleophora tauricella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. tauricella
Binomial name
Coleophora tauricella
Staudinger, 1880[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora egenella Toll, 1952
  • Coleophora kurdistanella Amsel, 1955

Coleophora tauricella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Croatia and Greece.

The larvae feed on Echium species. They create a light brown, tubular, trivalved case of 13 mm with a mouth angle of about 50°.[2]

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