Coleophora pterosparti

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

Coleophora pterosparti
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C. pterosparti
Binomial name
Coleophora pterosparti
Mendes, 1910[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora depauperella Toll, 1960

The larvae feed on Chamaespartium tridentatum. They create a spatulate leaf case, made from the mined apical part of a phyllodium.[2] Larvae can be found from January to April.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2011-05-04.


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