Coleophora ptarmicia

Coleophora ptarmicia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. ptarmicia
Binomial name
	Coleophora ptarmicia; Walsingham, 1910
Synonyms
	Coleophora ptarmica Toll, 1962; Coleophora zimmermanni Rebel, 1937;

Coleophora ptarmicia is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Austria, Croatia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy (including Sicily), Latvia, Lithuania, southern Russia, and the eastern Palearctic realm.^[1] It is also found in China.^[2]

The larvae feed on Achillea collina, Achillea millefolium, Achillea ptarmica and Achillea setacea. They create a lobe case of about 7 mm long, covered with large, yellow, leaf fragments widely standing out. The mouth angle is about 40°.^[3] Full-grown larvae can be found at the end of May.

References

^ Fauna Europaea
^ Three New Species And Seven Newly Recorded Species Of The Genus Coleophora From China (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)
^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2011-05-04.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] Three New Species And Seven Newly Recorded Species Of The Genus Coleophora From China (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)

[3] "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2011-05-04.

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