Coleophora hospitiella

Coleophora hospitiella
Coleophora hospitiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. hospitiella
Binomial name
Coleophora hospitiella
Chrétien, 1915[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora fuscostraminella Toll, 1956
  • Coleophora richteri Toll, 1959

Coleophora hospitiella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found on the Canary Islands (Tenerife, La Gomera, Fuerteventura), North Africa (including Libya and Tunisia), Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan.[2]

The larvae feed on Medicago laciniata. They create a rather flat lobe case of 7-9 mm long, composed of fairly large leaf fragments. Later, the larvae starts feeding on the ripening seeds.[3] Larvae can be found from January to May. Dependent on rain, larvae may wait one to several years before pupation takes place.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Coleophoridae from Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)
  3. ^ bladmineerders.nl
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