Coleophora squamella

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Coleophora squamella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. squamella
Binomial name
Coleophora squamella
Constant, 1885 [1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora paragenistaeKasy, 1964

Coleophora squamella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from the Czech Republic to Sardinia and Italy and from France to Romania. It is also known from Turkey. [2]

Adults are on wing in autumn and late spring.

The larvae feed on Dorycnium pentaphyllum , Dorycnium pentaphyllum germanicum, Lotus corniculatus , Lotus cytisoides , Lotus tenuis and Lotus uliginosus . They create a laterally compressed, somewhat arched composite leaf case of 5–6 mm, made of only a few, rather large leaf fragments. The mouth angle is about 45°. [3] Larvae can be found from early summer to spring.

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Contribution to the knowledge of Coleophoridae. CXV. About some interesting species of Coleophoridae of Turkey and adjacent countries (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) Archived 2012-07-17 at archive.today
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2011-04-27.