Vulcaniella cognatella
Vulcaniella cognatella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from Ukraine to Sardinia and Greece.
| Vulcaniella cognatella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Vulcaniella |
| Species: | V. cognatella |
| Binomial name | |
| Vulcaniella cognatella Riedl, 1991 | |
The wingspan is 7–9 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.
The larvae feed on Salvia officinalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larva probably lives in a silken tube under a leaf from which it mines the leaf.
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