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Coleophora virgatella

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Coleophora virgatella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Germany and Poland to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece. It has also been recorded from southern Russia and central Asia.

Mined leaf of Salvia pratensis with larva-case attached
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Larval case

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Coleophora virgatella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. virgatella
Binomial name
Coleophora virgatella
Zeller, 1849[1]
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Adults are on wing from late June to July.[2]

The larvae feed on Salvia glutinosa, Salvia pratensis and Stachys species.[3] Larvae can be found from autumn to May of the following year.

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