Coleophora dubiella

Coleophora dubiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. dubiella
Binomial name
*Coleophora dubiella* Baker, 1888^[1]
Synonyms
Coleophora eucera Toll, 1952 Coleophora leucostrigella Toll, 1960 Coleophora microeucera Toll, 1956 Coleophora reisseri Rebel, 1926 Coleophora assimilatella Turati, 1926

Coleophora dubiella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Spain, France, southern Russia and Turkey.

The wingspan is 19–20 mm.^[2]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Artemisia species, including Artemisia fragrans. They create a brownish-white, pistol-shaped case enclosed within two nautilus-shaped lateral silky covers.

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