Coleophora astragalella

Coleophora astragalella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. astragalella
Binomial name
	Coleophora astragalella; Zeller, 1849[1]
Synonyms
	Coleophora plusiella Constant, 1865; Coleophora valesianella Hering, 1957;

Coleophora astragalella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found south of the line running from France to Ukraine, but it has not been recorded from the Balkan Peninsula. It is also known from central Asia.

Adults are on wing in June and July.[2]

The larvae feed on Astragalus glycyphyllos, Astragalus onobrychis and Astragalus sempervirens. They create an ochreous pistol case of 10–12 mm long, with a pallium that descends up to about half the length of the case.[3] Larvae can be found from autumn to the following May.

References

Fauna Europaea
The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)
"bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2011-04-27.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)

[3] "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2011-04-27.