Coleophora spumosella

Coleophora spumosella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. spumosella
Binomial name
Coleophora spumosella Staudinger, 1859[1]

Coleophora spumosella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It has a disjunct distribution and is found in France, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Croatia and southern Russia.

The larvae feed on Astragalus, Dorycnium pentaphyllum, Medicago and Ononis species. They create a black pistol case with a large transparent-white pallium that leaves a small part of the case uncovered. The mouth angle is about 45°.^[2] Larvae can be found from autumn to April.

References

1. ^ Fauna Europaea
2. ^ bladmineerders.nl

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