Coleophora onopordiella

Coleophora onopordiella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in France and Italy, and from Poland to Greece.[2]

Coleophora onopordiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. onopordiella
Binomial name
Coleophora onopordiella
Zeller, 1849[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora cerinaula Meyrick 1936
  • Coleophora eremica Amsel, 1935
  • Coleophora fusca Toll, 1952
  • Coleophora pseudophlomidella Toll, 1952
  • Coleophora sivandella Toll, 1959
  • Klinzigedia litorella Nemes, 2003

The larvae feed on Arctium, Berteroa, Bromus, Erysimum, Marrubium vulgare, Onopordum, Salvia, Secale, Stachys officinalis and Xeranthemum species. They create a laterally compressed, bivalved, composite leaf case. The case is made out of about 15 leaf fragments, that extend saw-like dorsally and ventrally. The mouth angle is about 30°.[3]

References

[4] [5]

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/coleophoridae/coleophora/coleophora-onopordiella/
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
  4. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320187360_On_some_Microlepidoptera_of_Bahcesaray_district_Van_Province_East_Turkey
  5. http://pte.au.poznan.pl/ppe/PJE_2008/15_Baran.pdf


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