Coleophora struella

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Coleophora struella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. struella
Binomial name
Coleophora struella
Staudinger, 1859 [1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora clathrellaToll, 1960

Coleophora struella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in France and on the Iberian Peninsula.

The larvae feed on Lavandula and Thymus vulgaris . They create a conical, light brown to greyish lobe case. The lobes are large and very neatly arranged transversely. [2] Full-grown cases are found in April and May.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2011-04-27.