Coleophora cracella

Coleophora cracella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. cracella
Binomial name
Coleophora cracella (Vallot, 1835)[1]
Synonyms
Tinea cracella Vallot, 1835 Coleophora lugduniella Stainton, 1859

Coleophora cracella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in southern France and Spain and from Slovakia and Hungary to Bulgaria and southern Russia.

leaf of Vicia cracca eaten by the larva

Larva

Larval case

The larvae feed on Vicia cracca. They create a large, blackish pistol case, almost entirely covered by a transparent pallium.^[2]

References

1. ^ Fauna Europaea
2. ^ bladmineerders.nl

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