Coleophora scabrida

Coleophora scabrida
Coleophora scabrida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. scabrida
Binomial name
Coleophora scabrida
Toll, 1959[1]

Coleophora scabrida is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Sweden to Spain and Italy and from France to southern Russia.

The wingspan is 12-14 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July.[2]

The larvae feed on Herniaria glabra. They create a light grey, trivalved, tubular silken case of about 7 mm with a mouth angle of about 45°, sprinkled with sand grains.[3]

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