Coleophora frankii

Coleophora frankii is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Germany to Italy, Croatia and Hungary.

Coleophora frankii
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C. frankii
Binomial name
Coleophora frankii
Schmidt, 1886[1]

The larvae feed on Aster linosyris. They create a small, tubular silken case, decorated with some length rows of fine sand grains. It is less than 5 mm long. The case is trivalved and the mouth angle is about 45°.[2] Larvae can be found from June to September.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2011-04-29.


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