Coleophora riffelensis

Coleophora riffelensis is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It has a fragmented distribution between the Baltic states and central Russia in the north and the Iberian Peninsula and North Macedonia in the south.

Coleophora riffelensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. riffelensis
Binomial name
Coleophora riffelensis Rebel, 1913[1]
Synonyms
Coleophora eudoriella Toll, 1952 Coleophora fischeri Toll, 1950 Coleophora klemensiewiczi Toll, 1950

The larvae feed on Dianthus lumnitzeri serotinus. Youth cases are 1 mm long and entirely covered by sand grains. Later, they create a trivalved tubular silken case of about 10 mm long. The mouth angle is 35-40°. The colour is light grey with indistinct length lines.[2] Full-grown cases can be found in late June.

References

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