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Coleophora musculella

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Coleophora musculella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Poland to the Pyrenees and from France to Hungary. The larvae feed on Dianthus carthusianorum and Dianthus superbus. They create a trivalved tubular silken case of 5–6 mm, with a mouth angle of 35-40°. The case is yellowish brown with a number of brownish black length lines. Larvae can be found from September to May.
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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