Coleophora vulpecula

Coleophora vulpecula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. vulpecula
Binomial name
	Coleophora vulpecula; Zeller, 1849
Synonyms
	Coleophora vulpeculoides Toll, 1952;

Coleophora vulpecula is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Bulgaria. It has also been recorded from northern Russia.

The larvae feed on . They create a lobe case, consisting of two rows of large, untidily projecting leaf fragments that give the appearance of a bundle of dried leaves. The mouth angle is about 45°^[2] Larvae can be found from September to June of the following year.

References[]

^ Fauna Europaea
^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2011-04-26.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2011-04-26.

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