Coleophora meridionella
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| Species: | C. meridionella
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| Coleophora meridionella Rebel, 1912[1]
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Coleophora meridionella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Austria to Italy and from France to Greece.
The larvae feed on Silene saxifraga and Silene vulgaris. They create a trivalved, spindle-shaped, tubular silken case of 11.5–13 mm and a mouth angle of about 30°. The case has length lines of attached sand grains.[2] Larvae can be found from May to June.
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