Coleophora vitilis

Coleophora vitilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. vitilis
Binomial name
Coleophora vitilis
Falkovitsh, 1973[1]

Coleophora vitilis is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Turkestan and Uzbekistan.

The wingspan is 13–15 mm.

The larvae feed on Artemisia juncea. They create a leafy case, consisting of large pieces of leaves arranged alternately on one or the other side giving the impression of a woven case. The pieces used to increase the size of the case are cut from the middle part of the leaf blade. The valve is two-sided. The case has a length of 6.5–8 mm and is chocolate-brown or grayish in color. Larvase can be found in the beginning of June and (after diapause) from the end of April to the beginning of May.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Catalogo Mundial Sistematico y de Distribucion de la Familia Coleophoridae
  2. ↑ Lepidopterous fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries
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