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Coleophora cecidophorella

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Coleophora cecidophorella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. cecidophorella
Binomial name
Coleophora cecidophorella
Oudejans, 1972[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora icterella Toll, 1949

Coleophora cecidophorella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in France, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Ukraine.

The larvae feed on Fallopia convolvulus and Fallopia dumetorum. They create a gall on the fruit of their host plant.

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