Coleophora albicella

Coleophora albicella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in France, Spain, Corsica and Sardinia.

Coleophora albicella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Coleophoridae
Genus:
Coleophora
Species:
C. albicella
Binomial name
Coleophora albicella
Synonyms
  • Coleophora santolinae Hartig 1938
  • Coleophora ventifuga Walsingham, 1898

The larvae feed on Artemisia caerulescens gallica and Santolina chamaecyparissus. They create a tubular silken case. The surface has a number of fine, vague, length lines and a white dumentum. The case is 6–7 mm long, trivalved and has a mouth angle of about 0°. The case has a rather sharp bend just behind the mouth.[2] Larvae can be found from October to June.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2011-04-26.


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