Coleophora sardocorsa
Coleophora sardocorsa is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found on Corsica and Sardinia.
| Coleophora sardocorsa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. sardocorsa |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora sardocorsa Baldizzone, 1983[1] | |
The larvae feed on Genista aspalathoides and Genista corsica. They create a slender composite leaf case, made out of six or seven mined leaflets. The cases is 9–11 mm, bivalved and has a mouth angle of about 40°. The rearmost leaflet, in which the larva hibernates, is dark brown. The remainder of the case is light brown.[2]
References
- Fauna Europaea
- "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
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