Coleophora albicostella

Coleophora albicostella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Latvia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Greece and Cyprus.

Coleophora albicostella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. albicostella
Binomial name
Coleophora albicostella
(Duponchel, 1842)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ornix albicostella Duponchel, 1842
  • Coleophora approximata Gozmany, 1956

The larvae feed on Fragaria vesca, Potentilla cinerea, Potentilla palustris and Potentilla tabaernaemontani.[2] Larvae can be found from autumn to May.

References edit

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2011-04-26.