Coleophora cracella
| Coleophora cracella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. cracella |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora cracella (Vallot, 1835)[1] | |
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Coleophora cracella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in southern France and Spain and from Slovakia and Hungary to Bulgaria and southern Russia.
leaf of Vicia cracca eaten by the larva
Larva
Larval case
The larvae feed on Vicia cracca. They create a large, blackish pistol case, almost entirely covered by a transparent pallium.[2]
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