Coleophora albicostella
| Coleophora albicostella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. albicostella |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora albicostella (Duponchel, 1842)[1] | |
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Coleophora albicostella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Latvia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Greece and Cyprus.
The larvae feed on Fragaria vesca, Potentilla cinerea, Potentilla palustris and Potentilla tabaernaemontani. They create a yellowish white spatulate leaf case. It strongly compressed laterally and bivalved.[2] Larvae can be found from autumn to May.
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