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Coleophora meridionella

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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. Larvae can be found from May to June.
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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