Coleophora sardocorsa

Coleophora sardocorsa is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found on Corsica and Sardinia.

Coleophora sardocorsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Coleophoridae
Genus:
Coleophora
Species:
C. sardocorsa
Binomial name
Coleophora sardocorsa
Baldizzone, 1983[1]

The larvae feed on Genista aspalathoides and Genista corsica. They create a slender composite leaf case, made out of six or seven mined leaflets. The cases is 9–11 mm, bivalved and has a mouth angle of about 40°. The rearmost leaflet, in which the larva hibernates, is dark brown. The remainder of the case is light brown.[2]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2011-04-27.


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