Coleophora ononidella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found south of the line running from France to Cyprus.
Coleophora ononidella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. ononidella |
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Coleophora ononidella Millière, 1879[1] | |
The larvae feed on Ononis arvensis, Ononis spinosa and Ononis spinosa antiquorum. They create a white, yellow or brown pistol case with a large, transparent pallium that covers most of the case.[2] Larvae can be found from March to May.
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