Coleophora albicella

Coleophora albicella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. albicella
Binomial name
	Coleophora albicella; Constant, 1885[1]
Synonyms
	Coleophora santolinae Hartig 1938; Coleophora ventifuga Walsingham, 1898;

Coleophora albicella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in France, Spain, Corsica and Sardinia.

The larvae feed on Artemisia caerulescens gallica and Santolina chamaecyparissus. They create a tubular silken case. The surface has a number of fine, vague, length lines and a white dumentum. The case is 6–7 mm long, trivalved and has a mouth angle of about 0°. The case has a rather sharp bend just behind the mouth.[2] Larvae can be found from October to June.

References

Fauna Europaea
"bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2011-04-26.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2011-04-26.