Coleophora pterosparti is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. pterosparti
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Binomial name | |
Coleophora pterosparti Mendes, 1910[1]
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The larvae feed on Chamaespartium tridentatum. They create a spatulate leaf case, made from the mined apical part of a phyllodium.[2] Larvae can be found from January to April.
References
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