Coleophora scabrida

Coleophora scabrida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. scabrida
Binomial name
Coleophora scabrida
Toll, 1959[1]

Coleophora scabrida is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Sweden to Spain and Italy and from France to southern Russia.

The wingspan is 12–14 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July.[2]

The larvae feed on Herniaria glabra. They create a light grey, trivalved, tubular silken case of about 7 mm with a mouth angle of about 45°, sprinkled with sand grains.[3]

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