Coleophora cracella

Coleophora cracella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. cracella
Binomial name
Coleophora cracella
(Vallot, 1835)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea cracella Vallot, 1835
  • Coleophora lugduniella Stainton, 1859

Coleophora cracella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in southern France and Spain and from Slovakia and Hungary to Bulgaria and southern Russia.

The larvae feed on Vicia cracca. They create a large, blackish pistol case, almost entirely covered by a transparent pallium.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2011-04-28.


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