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Coleophora pterosparti

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Species of moth

Coleophora pterosparti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. pterosparti
Binomial name
Coleophora pterosparti
Mendes, 1910
Synonyms
  • Coleophora depauperella Toll, 1960

Coleophora pterosparti is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula.

The larvae feed on Chamaespartium tridentatum. They create a spatulate leaf case, made from the mined apical part of a phyllodium. Larvae can be found from January to April.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
Taxon identifiers
Coleophora pterosparti


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