Coleophora ochripennella

Coleophora ochripennella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. ochripennella
Binomial name
Coleophora ochripennella
Zeller, 1849[1]

Coleophora ochripennella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Germany and Poland to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece.

Sprig of Ballota nigra with a larva-case attached
Larva

The larvae feed on Ballota nigra, Glechoma hederacea, Lamium album, Lamium purpureum, Stachys officinalis and Stachys sylvatica. They create a hairy, slender, largely dark brown lobe case of 8 to 10 millimetres (0.31 to 0.39 in) long. The mouth angle is 80 to 90 degrees, and the case is slightly compressed.[2] Larvae can be found from October to May.

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