Coleophora meridionella

Coleophora meridionella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. meridionella
Binomial name
Coleophora meridionella Rebel, 1912[1]

Coleophora meridionella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Austria to Italy and from France to Greece.

The larvae feed on Silene saxifraga and Silene vulgaris. They create a tri-valved, spindle-shaped, tubular silken case of 11.5-13 mm and a mouth angle of about 30°. The case has length lines of attached sand grains.^[2] Larvae can be found from May to June.

References

1. ^ Fauna Europaea
2. ^ bladmineerders.nl

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