Coleophora discordella

Coleophora discordella
Coleophora discordella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. discordella
Binomial name
Coleophora discordella
Zeller, 1849[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora dorycniella Hartig, 1939

Coleophora discordella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece and from Ireland to Poland.

Sprig of Lotus corniculatus with case attached
Larva
Larval case

The wingspan is about 11-13 mm. Adults are buff or brown with a white costal streak and some other smaller white streaks. They are on wing in July in western Europe.[2]

The larvae feed on Lotus corniculatus, Lotus tenuis and Lotus uliginosus. Young larvae make a narrow winding corridor with much frass in a broad central line. In the end, the corridor widens into an oval blotch, usually close to the leaf margin, out of which the first case is made. The full grown-larva lives in a greyish brown composite leaf case of about 6 mm, attached to the underside of a leaf. The oldest part of the case is bivalved, laterally compressed, and is at an angle of 70° with the anterior part of the case. The mouth angle is about 40°.[3] Full-grown larvae can be found in May.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ UKmoths
  3. ^ bladmineerders.nl
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