Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Coleophoridae Scientific name Coleophora albicostella | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Coleophora Rank Species | |
Similar Coleophora conspicuella, Coleophora ibipennella, Coleophora silenella, Coleophora kuehnella, Coleophora ornatipennella | ||
Coleophora albicostella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Latvia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Greece and Cyprus.
The larvae feed on Fragaria vesca, Potentilla cinerea, Potentilla palustris and Potentilla tabaernaemontani. They create a yellowish white spatulate leaf case. It strongly compressed laterally and bivalved. Larvae can be found from autumn to May.
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