Coleophora squamella

Coleophora squamella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. squamella
Binomial name
Coleophora squamella
Constant, 1885[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora paragenistae Kasy, 1964

Coleophora squamella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from the Czech Republic to Sardinia and Italy and from France to Romania. It is also known from Turkey.[2]

Adults are on wing in autumn and late spring.

The larvae feed on Dorycnium pentaphyllum, Dorycnium pentaphyllum germanicum, Lotus corniculatus, Lotus cytisoides, Lotus tenuis and Lotus uliginosus. They create a laterally compressed, somewhat arched composite leaf case of 5–6 mm, made of only a few, rather large leaf fragments. The mouth angle is about 45°.[3] Larvae can be found from early summer to spring.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Contribution to the knowledge of Coleophoridae. CXV. About some interesting species of Coleophoridae of Turkey and adjacent countries (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)
  3. ↑ bladmineerders.nl
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