Coleophora ochrea

Coleophora ochrea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. ochrea
Binomial name
Coleophora ochrea (Haworth, 1828)
Synonyms
Porrectaria ochrea Haworth, 1828 Coleophora argentivittella Toll, 1952 Coleophora digrammella Toll, 1954 Ornix argentipennella Duponchel, 1838 Coleophora argentipennella Coleophora hapsella Zeller, 1839 Coleophora ochraea castelensis Rebel, 1919 Coleophora quadrilineolella Turati, 1932

Coleophora ochrea is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Sweden to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Crete and from Great Britain to southern Russia.

Sprig of Helianthemum chamaecistus with mined leaves and a larva-case attached

Larva

The wingspan is 15–19 mm. Adults have ochreous forewings. They are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on Helianthemum apenninum, Helianthemum nummularium, Helianthemum nummularium obscurum and Tuberaria guttata. They create a large, composite leaf case of 10–15 mm length. The fully developed case consists of three successive leaf fragments. It is light brown, bivalved and has a mouth angle of about 45°. Larvae can be found from September to the end of May of the following year.