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Coleophora albicostella

Synonyms: Coleophora marginatella; Eupista albicostella; Ornix albicostella (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Coleophora albicostella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Latvia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Greece and Cyprus. The larvae feed on Fragaria vesca, Potentilla cinerea, Potentilla palustris and Potentilla tabaernaemontani. They create a yellowish white spatulate leaf case. It strongly compressed laterally and bivalved. Larvae can be found from autumn to May.
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Prey / Diet

Potentilla cinerea (abbotswood potentilla)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0