- Coleophora inulae
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Coleophora inulae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Coleophoridae Genus: Coleophora Species: C. inulae Binomial name Coleophora inulae
Wocke, 1877[1]Coleophora inulae is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Finland to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to southern Russia.
The wingspan is 13-16 mm. Adults are white with buff-coloured veins. They are on wing from June to July in western Europe.[2]
The larvae feed on Eupatorium cannabinum, Inula conyza and Pulicaria dysenterica. They create a slender tubular silken case of about 15 mm long. It is yellow-grey and trivalved and has a mouth angle of 0°-10°, causing the case to lie flat on the leaf.[3] The larvae overwinter twice. Full-grown larvae can be found in autumn of the second year or spring of the third year.
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