Coleophora sardocorsa

Coleophora sardocorsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. sardocorsa
Binomial name
Coleophora sardocorsa
Baldizzone, 1983[1]

Coleophora sardocorsa is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found on Corsica and Sardinia.

The larvae feed on Genista aspalathoides and Genista corsica. They create a slender composite leaf case, made out of six or seven mined leaflets. The cases is 9–11 mm, bivalved and has a mouth angle of about 40°. The rearmost leaflet, in which the larva hibernates, is dark brown. The remainder of the case is light brown.[2]

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