Coleophora ciconiella

Coleophora ciconiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. ciconiella
Binomial name
Coleophora ciconiella
Herrich-Schaffer, 1855[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora tritici Lindeman, 1881

Coleophora ciconiella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Bulgaria.

The larvae feed on Avena sativa and Triticum species. They create a grey to blackish-brown, squat, trivalved, tubular silken case. The mouth angle is about 90°.[2] Larvae can be found from October to June.

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