Coleophora albicostella

Coleophora albicostella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. albicostella
Binomial name
	Coleophora albicostella; (Duponchel, 1842)[1]
Synonyms
	Ornix albicostella Duponchel, 1842; Coleophora approximata Gozmany, 1956;

Coleophora albicostella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Latvia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Greece and Cyprus.

The larvae feed on Fragaria vesca, Potentilla cinerea, Potentilla palustris and Potentilla tabaernaemontani. They create a yellowish white spatulate leaf case. It strongly compressed laterally and bivalved.[2] Larvae can be found from autumn to May.

References

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

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2011-04-26.