Coleophora hancola

Coleophora hancola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. hancola
Binomial name
	Coleophora hancola; Oku, 1965[1]

Coleophora hancola is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Japan.

The wingspan is about 12 mm.

The larvae feed on Alnus japonica. They create a grey-brownish, somewhat tubular leaf-case of about 5 mm in length with short dorsal keel. They mine into the leaf of their host plant until October, and passes winter in full-grown stage within the case fastened on the twig.[2]

References

Catalogo Mundial Sistematico y de Distribucion de la Familia Coleophoridae Archived 2012-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
Descriptions Of Nine New Species Of The Genus Coleophora From Japan, With Notes On Other Species (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)

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[1] Catalogo Mundial Sistematico y de Distribucion de la Familia Coleophoridae Archived 2012-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Descriptions Of Nine New Species Of The Genus Coleophora From Japan, With Notes On Other Species (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)