Coleophora nutantella

Coleophora nutantella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. nutantella
Binomial name
Coleophora nutantella
Muhlig & Frey, 1857[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora inflatae Stainton, 1857
  • Coleophora inflatella Doubleday, 1859 (Unjustified emendation of Coleophora inflatae Stainton, 1857)
  • Coleophora amphibiella Guenée, 1877
  • Coleophora graminicolella Lhomme, 1951 (nec Heinemann, 1876)

Coleophora nutantella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to Spain, Sicily and Greece and from France to the Baltic States, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. It is also found in Asia Minor.

The wingspan is 14–18 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.[2]

The larvae feed on Silene nutans, Silene otites and Oberna behen. They feed on the generative organs of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Swedish Moths
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