Coleophora absinthivora Baldizzone 1990

Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae

case

Whitish, woolly, bivalved leaf leaf case of c. 6 mm with a mouth angle of c. 20°.

hostplants

Asteraceae, narrowly monophagous

Artemisia absinthium.

phenology

Active larvae were collected in July.

distribution within Europe

France, Spain (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

references

Baldizzone (1990c), Baldizzone & Nel (1992a).

22/02/2011