Coleophora salviella

Coleophora salviella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. salviella
Binomial name
Coleophora salviella
Chretien, 1916[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora pagmana Toll, 1962
  • Coleophora gomerella Falkovitsh, 1978

Coleophora salviella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found on the Canary Islands (Tenerife, La Gomera, Fuerteventura) and in Algeria, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.[2]

The larvae feed on Salvia aegyptiaca. They create an almost straight composite leaf case, composed of two or three leaf fragments. The case is two-valved, 11-14.5 mm long and has a mouth angle of 45-50°.[3] Full-grown larvae can be found from April to May.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Coleophoridae from Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)
  3. ↑ bladmineerders.nl
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