Coleophora artemisicolella
Species of moth
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Coleophora artemisicolella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae found in Europe and across the Palearctic.
| Coleophora artemisicolella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. artemisicolella |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora artemisicolella Bruand, [1855] | |
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Description
The wingspan is 11–13 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August.
The larvae feed on mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris).[1]
Distribution
It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy, and Bulgaria, and from Great Britain to central and southern Russia, further east to Japan.
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