Coleophora oriolella

Coleophora oriolella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. oriolella
Binomial name
Coleophora oriolella
Zeller, 1849[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora mongetella Chrétien, 1900
  • Coleophora siliquella Constant, 1893
  • Coleophora hafneri Prohaska, 1923

Coleophora oriolella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Germany and Poland to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Sicily and Greece and from France to southern Russia.

The larvae feed on Coronilla, Dorycnium pentaphyllum and Dorycnium pentaphyllum germanicum. They create a seed case.[2] Larvae can be found from autumn to May.

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