Coleophora ptarmicia

Coleophora ptarmicia
Coleophora ptarmicia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. ptarmicia
Binomial name
Coleophora ptarmicia
Walsingham, 1910
Synonyms
  • Coleophora ptarmica Toll, 1962
  • Coleophora zimmermanni Rebel, 1937

Coleophora ptarmicia is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Austria, Croatia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy (including Sicily), Latvia, Lithuania, southern Russia and the eastern Palearctic ecozone.[1] It is also found in China.[2]

The larvae feed on Achillea collina, Achillea millefolium, Achillea ptarmica and Achillea setacea. They create a lobe case of about 7 mm long, covered with large, yellow, leaf fragments widely standing out. The mouth angle is about 40°.[3] Full-grown larvae can be found at the end of May.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Three New Species And Seven Newly Recorded Species Of The Genus Coleophora From China (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)
  3. ^ bladmineerders.nl
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