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Coleophora frischella, the clover case-bearer or Frisch’s case-moth, is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern parts of the Palearctic realm. It is also present in the Near East.

Coleophora frischella
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. frischella
Binomial name
Coleophora frischella (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
List Adela frischella (Linnaeus, 1758) Tinea frischella Linnaeus, 1758 Phalaena frischella Linnaeus, 1758 Coleophora dannehli Toll, 1952 Coleophora auronitella Toll, 1962

It is indistinguishable of Coleophora alcyonipennella from which it is separable only by dissection.[2]

The wingspan is 11.5–14.5 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June and in August. There are two generations per year.^{[citation needed]}

The larvae feed on the seeds of various Trifolium species. They live within the seedheads within a movable case.[3]

References

External links

• Media related to Coleophora frischella at Wikimedia Commons

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