Coleophora frankii is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Germany to Italy, Croatia and Hungary.
Coleophora frankii | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. frankii |
Binomial name | |
Coleophora frankii Schmidt, 1886[1] | |
The larvae feed on Aster linosyris. They create a small, tubular silken case, decorated with some length rows of fine sand grains. It is less than 5 mm long. The case is trivalved and the mouth angle is about 45°.[2] Larvae can be found from June to September.
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