Coleophora galatellae

Coleophora galatellae is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Germany to the Pyrenees and Italy and from France to Hungary. It is also known from southern Russia.

Coleophora galatellae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Coleophoridae
Genus:
Coleophora
Species:
C. galatellae
Binomial name
Coleophora galatellae
Hering, 1942[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora opacella Toll, 1952

The larvae feed on Aster linosyris. They create an elongate, tubular silken case which is decorated by about six broad bands of rather coarse sand grains. The case is 5–7 mm long and the mouth angle is about 45°.[2] Larvae can be found from September to May.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2011-04-29.


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