Coleophora corsicella

Coleophora corsicella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from France to Italy and Greece and from Slovakia to the Iberian Peninsula.

Coleophora corsicella
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C. corsicella
Binomial name
Coleophora corsicella
Synonyms
  • Coleophora flavescentella Toll, 1961
  • Coleophora calcariella Chrétien, 1901

The larvae feed on Agrostemma, Lychnis viscaria, Silene italica and Silene viscosa. They create a tubular silken case scattered with rows of detritus fragments.[2]

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2011-04-28.


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