Coleophora coronillae

Coleophora coronillae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. coronillae
Binomial name
Coleophora coronillae
Zeller, 1849[1]

Coleophora coronillae is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Germany to Italy and Bulgaria and from Lithuania to the Iberian Peninsula. It is also found in southern Russia, Transcaucasia, central Asia and Iran.

The larvae feed on Coronilla varia. They create a dull, two-valved tubular silken case with a mouth angle of about 45°.[2] Larvae can be found from September to May.

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