Coleophora trigeminella

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Coleophora trigeminella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. trigeminella
Binomial name
Coleophora trigeminella
Fuchs, 1881 [1]

Coleophora trigeminella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean islands.

The larvae feed on snowy mespilus ( Amelanchier ovalis ), Cotoneaster , midland hawthorn ( Crataegus laevigata ), common hawthorn ( Crataegus monogyna ), European crab apple ( Malus sylvestris ), wild cherry ( Prunus avium ), blackthorn ( Prunus spinosa ), common whitebeam ( Sorbus aria ) and rowan ( Sorbus aucuparia ).

References

  1. "Coleophora trigeminella Fuchs, 1881". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 4 November 2019.