2011-06-03

Coleophora depauperella

Coleophora pterosparti

Coleophora pterosparti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. pterosparti
Binomial name
Coleophora pterosparti
Mendes, 1910
Synonyms
  • Coleophora depauperella Toll, 1960

Coleophora pterosparti is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula.

The larvae feed on . They create a spatulate leaf case, made from the mined apical part of a phyllodium. Larvae can be found from January to April.

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