Coleophora striolatella

Coleophora striolatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. striolatella
Binomial name
	Coleophora striolatella; Zeller, 1849[1]
Synonyms
	Coleophora dichroella Toll, 1952; Coleophora moestella Toll, 1952; Coleophora benedictella Chrétien, 1904;

Coleophora striolatella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from southern France to Italy and from Hungary to Spain.

The larvae feed on Linum narbonense. They create a slender tubular silken case with a moth angle of about 10°.[2] Full-grown cases are found in April and May.

References

Fauna Europaea
"bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2011-04-27.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2011-04-27.