''Coleophora prunifoliae'' is a
moth of the family
Coleophoridae. It is found from
Scandinavia to the
Pyrenees,
Italy and
Romania and from
Great Britain to southern
Russia.
The
wingspan is 10–12 mm.
The larvae feed on ''
Betula'', ''
Cotoneaster franchetii
''Cotoneaster franchetii'' ( Franchet's cotoneaster or orange cotoneaster) is a species of '' Cotoneaster'' native to southwestern China, in the provinces of Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet, and Yunnan, and also in adjacent northern Myanmar and northern ...
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Crataegus
''Crataegus'' (), commonly called hawthorn, quickthorn, thornapple, Voss, E. G. 1985. ''Michigan Flora: A guide to the identification and occurrence of the native and naturalized seed-plants of the state. Part II: Dicots (Saururaceae–Cornacea ...
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Cydonia oblonga
The quince (; ''Cydonia oblonga'') is the sole member of the genus ''Cydonia'' in the Malinae subtribe (which also contains apples and pears, among other fruits) of the Rosaceae family. It is a deciduous tree that bears hard, aromatic bright ...
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Malus domestica'', ''
Prunus armeniaca
''Prunus armeniaca'' is the most commonly cultivated apricot species. The native range is somewhat uncertain due to its extensive prehistoric cultivation. Genetic studies indicate Central Asia is the center of origin. It is extensively cultivated ...
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Prunus avium'', ''
Prunus cerasus'', ''
Prunus domestica insititia'', ''
Prunus mahaleb'', ''
Prunus serrulata'', ''
Prunus spinosa'', ''
Pyracantha coccinea
''Pyracantha coccinea'', the scarlet firethorn is the European species of firethorn or red firethorn that has been cultivated in gardens since the late 16th century. The tree has small white flowers. It produces small, bright red berries. Its leav ...
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Sorbus aria
''Sorbus aria'' ( syn. ''Aria nivea''), the whitebeam or common whitebeam, is a deciduous tree, the type species of the subgenus ''Sorbus'' subg. ''Aria'' of the genus ''Sorbus''. It is native to most of Europe as well as North Africa (Algeria, M ...
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Sorbus aucuparia
''Sorbus aucuparia'', commonly called rowan (UK: /ˈrəʊən/, US: /ˈroʊən/) and mountain-ash, is a species of deciduous tree or shrub in the rose family. It is a highly variable species, and botanists have used different Circumscription (taxo ...
''. They create a tubular leaf case of 6–7 mm long. It is light, but later dark brown, trivalved and has a mouth angle of 45°. The larva lives at the underside of the leaf, and makes sizable fleck mines.
Full-grown larvae can be found at the end of May.
References
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prunifoliae
Moths of Europe
Moths described in 1944
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