Coleophora riffelensis

Coleophora riffelensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. riffelensis
Binomial name
Coleophora riffelensis Rebel, 1913[1]
Synonyms
Coleophora eudoriella Toll, 1952 Coleophora fischeri Toll, 1950 Coleophora klemensiewiczi Toll, 1950

Coleophora riffelensis is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It has a fragmented distribution between the Baltic states and central Russia in the north and the Iberian Peninsula and the Republic of Macedonia in the south.

The larvae feed on Dianthus lumnitzeri serotinus. Youth cases are 1 mm long and entirely covered by sand grains. Later, they create a trivalved tubular silken case of about 10 mm long. The mouth angle is 35-40°. The colour is light grey with indistinct length lines.^[2] Full-grown cases can be found in late June.

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. bladmineerders.nl