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Coleophora niveistrigella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. niveistrigella
Binomial name
Coleophora niveistrigella
Wocke, 1877 [1]

Coleophora niveistrigella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Latvia to the Pyrenees and the Alps and from France to Slovakia. It is also found in southern Russia.

Adults are on wing from May to July. [2]

The larvae feed on Gypsophila fastigiata. [3] Full-grown larvae can be found in mid June.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)
  3. ^ "Coleophora niveistrigella". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 12 August 2020.