Coleophora absinthivora
| Coleophora absinthivora | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. absinthivora |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora absinthivora Baldizzone, 1990[1] | |
Coleophora absinthivora is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in France and Spain.
The larvae feed on Artemisia absinthium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a whitish, woolly, bivalved leaf case of about 6 mm with a mouth angle of about 20°.[2]
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