Coleophora glaseri

Coleophora glaseri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. glaseri
Binomial name
Coleophora glaseri
Toll, 1961[1]

Coleophora glaseri is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria.

The larvae feed on Genista tinctoria. They create a dark brown, ribbed, tubular silken case of about 7 mm length. It has a mouth angle of about 50°.[2]

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