Coleophora frankii
Coleophora frankii is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Germany to Italy, Croatia and Hungary.
| Coleophora frankii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. frankii |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora frankii Schmidt, 1886[1] | |
The larvae feed on Aster linosyris. They create a small, tubular silken case, decorated with some length rows of fine sand grains. It is less than 5 mm long. The case is trivalved and the mouth angle is about 45°.[2] Larvae can be found from June to September.
References
- Fauna Europaea
- "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
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