''Coleophora granulatella'' is a
moth of the family
Coleophoridae. It is known from most of Europe to
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. It was recently reported from North America, with records from
Alberta,
British Columbia,
Yukon,
Arizona,
Colorado,
Michigan,
Wyoming and
Washington.
The
wingspan is 11–13 mm.
The larvae feed on ''
Artemisia campestris
''Artemisia campestris'' is a common and widespread species of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is native to a wide region of Eurasia and North America. Common names include field wormwood, beach wormwood, northern wormwood, Breckl ...
''. They
mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
...
the leaves of their host plant.
References
External links
lepiforum.de
granulatella
Moths described in 1849
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Moths of North America
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