Coleophora meridionella

Coleophora meridionella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Austria to Italy and from France to Greece.

Coleophora meridionella
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C. meridionella
Binomial name
Coleophora meridionella
Rebel, 1912[1]

The larvae feed on Silene saxifraga and Silene vulgaris. They create a trivalved, spindle-shaped, tubular silken case of 11.5–13 mm and a mouth angle of about 30°. The case has length lines of attached sand grains.[2] Larvae can be found from May to June.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2011-05-03.


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