''Coleophora cecidophorella'' is a
moth of the family
Coleophoridae. It is found in
France,
Italy,
Austria,
Slovenia,
Croatia, the
Czech Republic,
Slovakia,
Hungary,
Romania and
Ukraine.
The larvae feed on ''
Fallopia convolvulus'' and ''
Fallopia dumetorum
''Fallopia dumetorum'', also known as copse bindweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae
The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the U ...
''. They create a
gall
Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants, fungi, or animals. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to be ...
on the fruit of their host plant.
References
cecidophorella
Moths described in 1972
Moths of Europe
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