Coleophora onopordiella

Coleophora onopordiella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in France and Italy, and from Poland to Greece.

Coleophora onopordiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Coleophoridae
Genus:
Coleophora
Species:
C. onopordiella
Binomial name
Coleophora onopordiella
Zeller, 1849[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora cerinaula Meyrick 1936
  • Coleophora eremica Amsel, 1935
  • Coleophora fusca Toll, 1952
  • Coleophora pseudophlomidella Toll, 1952
  • Coleophora sivandella Toll, 1959
  • Klinzigedia litorella Nemes, 2003

The larvae feed on Arctium, Berteroa, Bromus, Erysimum, Marrubium vulgare, Onopordum, Salvia, Secale, Stachys officinalis and Xeranthemum species. They create a laterally compressed, bivalved, composite leaf case. The case is made out of about 15 leaf fragments, that extend saw-like dorsally and ventrally. The mouth angle is about 30°.[2]

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


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