| Coleophora trientella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. trientella |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora trientella Christoph, 1872 | |
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Coleophora trientella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Ukraine, southern Russia, Turkestan, the Palestinian Territories [1] and China. [2] It occurs in desert biotopes and in salt-marshes.
Adults are on wing in spring and at end of summer. There are possibly two generations per year.
The larvae feed on the flowers of Corispermum species, including Corispermum lehmannianum . They create a silky, short, thick case. Larvae can be found from May to June. [3]
