| Coleophora prunifoliae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. prunifoliae |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora prunifoliae Doets, 1944 [1] | |
Coleophora prunifoliae is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Scandinavia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Romania and from Great Britain to southern Russia.
The larvae feed on Betula , Cotoneaster franchetii , Crataegus , Cydonia oblonga , Malus domestica , Prunus armeniaca , Prunus avium , Prunus cerasus , Prunus domestica insititia , Prunus mahaleb , Prunus serrulata , Prunus spinosa , Pyracantha coccinea , Sorbus aria and Sorbus aucuparia . [3] Full-grown larvae can be found at the end of May.
