Coleophora longicornella

Coleophora longicornella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. longicornella
Binomial name
Coleophora longicornella
Constant, 1893[1]

Coleophora longicornella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from France to Italy, Greece and Hungary.

The larvae feed on Aster tripolium. The larvae make a corridor mine of up to 25 mm long. Only shortly before pupation (and long after hibernation) a case is made. The case has the form of a yellow-brown tubular silken case of 6–8 mm long with a mouth angle of about 30°.[2] Full-grown larvae can be found as late as July.

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