Coleophora saturatella

Coleophora saturatella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, the Alps and Albania and from Great Britain to Romania. It has also been recorded from southern Russia.

Coleophora saturatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Coleophoridae
Genus:
Coleophora
Species:
C. saturatella
Binomial name
Coleophora saturatella

Description

The wingspan is 12–15 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on broom (Cytisus scoparius), black broom (Lembotropis nigricans), aluaga (Genista scorpius), dyer's greenweed (Genista tinctoria), Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) and gorse Ulex europaeus. They create a very untidy, bivalved lobe case of 7–8 mm. The mouth angle is 90°.[3] Full-grown larvae can be found in June.

References
  1. "Coleophora saturatella Stainton, 1850". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  2. "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2011-04-27.

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