Coleophora centaureivora Baldizzone, 1998

Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae

case

Dirty white bivalved composite leaf case of 18 mm, consisting op two leaf segments rolled together, with a large dorsal keel, and a mouth angle of c. 20°.

hostplants

Asteraceae, narrowly monophagous

Centaurea aspera.

distribution within Europe

Southern France, Spain (Fauna Europaea, 2011).

references

Baldizzone (1998a).

19/11/2011