Coleophora chrysanthemi

Coleophora chrysanthemi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. chrysanthemi
Binomial name
Coleophora chrysanthemi
Hofmann, 1869[1]

Coleophora chrysanthemi is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Finland to Italy and Hungary.

The adults are small brown moths with fringed wings and long antennae.[2]

The larvae feed on a species of Tansy, Tanacetum corymbosum. They create a tubular silken case with dark length ridges.[3] Larvae can be found in the spring, up to April.

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