Coleophora vulnerariae

Coleophora vulnerariae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. vulnerariae
Binomial name
Coleophora vulnerariae
Zeller, 1839[1]

Coleophora vulnerariae is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Norway and Sweden to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece and from Great Britain to the Baltic states, Romania and Bulgaria. It is also found in southern Russia.

The wingspan is 12–18 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July.[2]

The larvae feed within seedpods of Anthyllis vulneraria. They live within a movable case.[3]

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