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Coleophora trigeminella

Wikipedia Abstract

Coleophora trigeminella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean islands. The larvae feed on Amelanchier ovalis, Cotoneaster, Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus monogyna, Malus sylvestris, Prunus avium, Prunus spinosa, Sorbus aria and Sorbus aucuparia. They create a reddish brown, tubular silken case of 5–6 mm. The case is weakly constricted near the anal end, and strongly just behind the mouth. The mouth angle is 0°. Normally, the fully developed case is trivalved. The larvae are found on the underside of the leaf. Fully developed cases can be found in late April and early May.
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Prey / Diet

Fraxinus excelsior (European ash)[1]
Prunus avium (Wild Cherry)[1]
Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn)[1]
Sorbus aucuparia (Mountain Ash)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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