Coleophora ptarmicia

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Coleophora ptarmicia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. ptarmicia
Binomial name
Coleophora ptarmicia
Walsingham, 1910
Synonyms
  • Coleophora ptarmicaToll, 1962
  • Coleophora zimmermanniRebel, 1937

Coleophora ptarmicia is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Austria, Croatia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy (including Sicily), Latvia, Lithuania, southern Russia, and the eastern Palearctic realm. [1] It is also found in China. [2]

The larvae feed on Achillea collina , Achillea millefolium , Achillea ptarmica and Achillea setacea . [3] Full-grown larvae can be found at the end of May.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Three New Species And Seven Newly Recorded Species Of The Genus Coleophora From China (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2011-05-04.