Coleophora trientella: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Coleophoridae
Genus
Coleophora
Species
Coleophora trientella
Scientific Name
Coleophora trientella

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Coleophora trientella

Coleophora trientella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Ukraine, southern Russia, Turkestan, the Palestinian Territories and China. It occurs in desert biotopes and in salt-marshes.

Adults are on wing in spring and at end of summer. There are possibly two generations per year.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Corispermum species, including Corispermum lehmannianum. They create a silky, short, thick case. Larvae can be found from May to June.

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