Coleophora dubiella

Coleophora dubiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. dubiella
Binomial name
	Coleophora dubiella; Baker, 1888
Synonyms
	Coleophora eucera Toll, 1952; Coleophora leucostrigella Toll, 1960; Coleophora microeucera Toll, 1956; Coleophora reisseri Rebel, 1926; Coleophora assimilatella Turati, 1926;

Coleophora dubiella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Spain, France, southern Russia and Turkey.

The wingspan is 19–20 mm.^[2]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Artemisia species, including Artemisia fragrans. They create a brownish-white, pistol-shaped case enclosed within two nautilus-shaped lateral silky covers.

References

^ Fauna Europaea
^ lepiforum.eu Archived 2011-10-08 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] rum.eu Archived 2011-10-08 at the Wayback Machine

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