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Coleophora spumosella

Synonyms: Eupista spumosella

Wikipedia Abstract

Coleophora spumosella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It has a disjunct distribution and is found in France, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Croatia and southern Russia. The larvae feed on Astragalus, Dorycnium pentaphyllum, Medicago and Ononis species. They create a black pistol case with a large transparent-white pallium that leaves a small part of the case uncovered. The mouth angle is about 45°. Larvae can be found from autumn to April.
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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