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Vulcaniella cognatella

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Vulcaniella cognatella

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Vulcaniella

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Vulcaniella cognatella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found from Ukraine to Sardinia and Greece.

The wingspan is 7–9 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on Salvia officinalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larva probably lives in a silken tube under a leaf from which it mines the leaf.

References

Vulcaniella cognatella Wikipedia


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