Coleophora tauricella

Coleophora tauricella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Croatia and Greece.

Coleophora tauricella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Coleophoridae
Genus:
Coleophora
Species:
C. tauricella
Binomial name
Coleophora tauricella
Staudinger, 1880[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora egenella Toll, 1952
  • Coleophora kurdistanella Amsel, 1955
  • Coleophora skopusella Amsel, 1935

The larvae feed on Echium species. They create a light brown, tubular, trivalved case of 13 mm with a mouth angle of about 50°.[2]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2011-04-27.


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