Coleophora frankii

Coleophora frankii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. frankii
Binomial name
Coleophora frankii
Schmidt, 1886[1]

Coleophora frankii is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Germany to Italy, Croatia and Hungary.

The larvae feed on Aster linosyris. They create a small, tubular silken case, decorated with some length rows of fine sand grains. It is less than 5 mm long. The case is tri-valved and the mouth angle is about 45°.[2] Larvae can be found from June to September.

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