Coleophora expressella

Coleophora expressella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. expressella
Binomial name
	Coleophora expressella; Klemensiewicz, 1902[1]
Synonyms
	Coleophora subdirectella Kanerva, 1941;

Coleophora expressella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Fennoscandia, through Germany and Poland to Italy. It has also been recorded from Bulgaria and China.[2]

The larvae feed on Achillea millefolium. They create a tubular, felty, three-valved case with a length of up to 12 mm. The mouth angle is about 45°.[3] Larvae can be found from autumn to June.

References

Fauna Europaea
Key to the Chinese species of the Coleophora directella group Archived 2011-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
"bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2011-04-29.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] Key to the Chinese species of the Coleophora directella group Archived 2011-08-24 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2011-04-29.