Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Coleophoridae Scientific name Coleophora corsicella | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Coleophora Rank Species | |
Coleophora corsicella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from France to Italy and Greece and from Slovakia to the Iberian Peninsula.
The larvae feed on Agrostemma, Lychnis viscaria, Silene italica and Silene viscosa. They create a tubular silken case scattered with rows of detritus fragments.
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