Coleophora absinthivora
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| Species: | C. absinthivora
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| Coleophora absinthivora Baldizzone, 1990[1]
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Coleophora absinthivora is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in France and Spain.
The larvae feed on Artemisia absinthium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a whitish, woolly, bivalved leaf case of about 6 mm with a mouth angle of about 20°.[2]
References
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
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