Coleophora hospitiella

Coleophora hospitiella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found on the Canary Islands (Tenerife, La Gomera, Fuerteventura), North Africa (including Libya and Tunisia), Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.[2]

Coleophora hospitiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Coleophoridae
Genus:
Coleophora
Species:
C. hospitiella
Binomial name
Coleophora hospitiella
Chrétien, 1915[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora fuscostraminella Toll, 1956
  • Coleophora richteri Toll, 1959

The larvae feed on Medicago laciniata. They create a rather flat lobe case of 7–9 mm long, composed of fairly large leaf fragments. Later, the larvae start feeding on the ripening seeds.[3] Larvae can be found from January to May. Dependent on rain, larvae may wait one to several years before pupation takes place.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Coleophoridae from Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2011-04-28.


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