Coleophora expressella
Coleophora expressella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Fennoscandia, through Germany and Poland to Italy. It has also been recorded from Bulgaria and China.[2]
| Coleophora expressella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. expressella |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora expressella Klemensiewicz, 1902[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Achillea millefolium. They create a tubular, felty, three-valved case with a length of up to 12 mm. The mouth angle is about 45°.[3] Larvae can be found from autumn to June.
References
- Fauna Europaea
- Key to the Chinese species of the Coleophora directella group Archived 2011-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
- "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
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