Coleophora albicostella

Coleophora albicostella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. albicostella
Binomial name
	Coleophora albicostella; (Duponchel, 1842)
Synonyms
	Ornix albicostella Duponchel, 1842; Coleophora approximata Gozmany, 1956;

Coleophora albicostella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Latvia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Greece and Cyprus.

The larvae feed on Fragaria vesca, , Potentilla palustris and . They create a yellowish white spatulate leaf case. It strongly compressed laterally and bivalved.^[2] Larvae can be found from autumn to May.

References[]

^ Fauna Europaea
^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2011-04-26.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2011-04-26.

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