Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Coleophoridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Coleophora | |
Scientific name Coleophora alcyonipennella Similar Coleophora frischella, Coleophora mayrella, Coleophora deauratella, Coleophora trifolii, Butterflies and moths | ||
The clover case-bearer or small clover case-bearer (Coleophora alcyonipennella) is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is native to Europe, the eastern Palearctic ecozone, Pakistan, the Near East and North Africa. It is an introduced species in New Zealand and Australia, where it is now found from southern Queensland to Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.
The wingspan is 12–14 mm. Adults are on wing in May and June and again in late July and August in two generations in western Europe. Adults feed on the nectar of clover flowers.
The larvae feed on Trifolium repens and Trifolium fragiferum. They feed inside a case formed from a floret. Larvae have also been recorded on Medicago species.
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