Coleophora uralensis

Coleophora uralensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. uralensis
Binomial name
Coleophora uralensis
Toll, 1961[1]

Coleophora uralensis is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in southern France, Spain, Hungary, Croatia, southern Russia, Afghanistan and Iran.

Adults are on wing in late May and June.[2]

The larvae feed on Artemisia alba. They make a dark brown, laterally compressed composite leaf case of 7–8 mm. The mouth angle is about 30°. The case is composed of 10-15 v-shaped leaf fragments.[3]

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