Coleophora solidaginella

Coleophora solidaginella
Coleophora solidaginella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. solidaginella
Binomial name
Coleophora solidaginella
Staudinger, 1859[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora xenia Hering, 1937
  • Coleophora conyzae xenia

Coleophora solidaginella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Spain and Portugal.

The larvae feed on Dittrichia viscosa and Solidago species. They create a laterally compressed spatulate leaf case of about 12 mm. The rear end is hardly narrowed, squarely cut off and bivalved. The mouth angle is about 30°. The larva makes two or three cases. Once the larvae have attached the case to a leaf they may leave their case and sometimes make real galleries.[2] Larvae can be found up to May.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ bladmineerders.nl
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