Coleophora meridionella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Austria to Italy and from France to Greece.
Coleophora meridionella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. meridionella |
Binomial name | |
Coleophora meridionella Rebel, 1912[1] | |
The larvae feed on Silene saxifraga and Silene vulgaris. They create a trivalved, spindle-shaped, tubular silken case of 11.5–13 mm and a mouth angle of about 30°. The case has length lines of attached sand grains.[2] Larvae can be found from May to June.
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