Coleophora dubiella

Coleophora dubiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. dubiella
Binomial name
Coleophora dubiella
Baker, 1888[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora eucera Toll, 1952
  • Coleophora leucostrigella Toll, 1960
  • Coleophora microeucera Toll, 1956
  • Coleophora reisseri Rebel, 1926
  • Coleophora assimilatella Turati, 1926

Coleophora dubiella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Spain, France, southern Russia and Turkey.

The wingspan is 19–20 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Artemisia species, including Artemisia fragrans. They create a brownish-white, pistol-shaped case enclosed within two nautilus-shaped lateral silky covers.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ lepiforum.eu
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