2011-06-08

Coleophora palumbipennella

Coleophora motacillella

Coleophora motacillella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. motacillella
Binomial name
Coleophora motacillella
Zeller, 1849
Synonyms
  • Ecebalia motacillella
  • Coleophora palumbipennella Toll, 1952

Coleophora motacillella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from France to southern Russia and from Denmark to Austria and Romania.

Adults are on wing in July and August.

The larvae feed on Chenopodium and Atriplex species. They feed on the generative organs of their host plant.

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