Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Coleophoridae Scientific name Coleophora cracella | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Coleophora Rank Species | |
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Similar Coleophora ornatipennella, Coleophora silenella, Coleophora genistae | ||
Coleophora cracella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in southern France and Spain and from Slovakia and Hungary to Bulgaria and southern Russia.
The larvae feed on Vicia cracca. They create a large, blackish pistol case, almost entirely covered by a transparent pallium.
References
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