Coleophora murinella

Coleophora murinella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Alps and from Germany to the Baltic states and Poland.

Coleophora murinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Coleophoridae
Genus:
Coleophora
Species:
C. murinella
Binomial name
Coleophora murinella
Tengstrom, 1848[1]

The larvae feed on Vaccinium vitis-idaea. They create a spatulate leaf case of 6–8 mm long, composed of two elongates pieces of epidermis. The case is straight and the rear end is somewhat pointed and bivalved. The mouth angle is about 90°.[2] Full-grown larvae can be found in autumn.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2011-05-03.


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