Coleophora argenteonivea
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Coleophora argenteonivea is a moth
of the Coleophoridae
family. It is found in southern France
, Spain
, Portugal
and Sardinia
.
The larvae feed on Centaurea pectinata and Cynara cardunculus. Before hibernation, the larvae creates two or three cases consisting of a single leaf fragment. After hibernation, a composite leaf case is made. The latter consists of 3-4 leaf fragments, is brown and about 15 mm long and bivalved. The mouth angle is about 45°. Larvae can be found from August to May.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Coleophoridae
Coleophoridae
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family. It is found in southern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Spain
Spain
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, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
and Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
.
The larvae feed on Centaurea pectinata and Cynara cardunculus. Before hibernation, the larvae creates two or three cases consisting of a single leaf fragment. After hibernation, a composite leaf case is made. The latter consists of 3-4 leaf fragments, is brown and about 15 mm long and bivalved. The mouth angle is about 45°. Larvae can be found from August to May.