''Coleophora svenssoni'' is a
moth of the family
Coleophoridae. It is found in
Lapland
Lapland may refer to:
Places
*Lapland or Sápmi, an ethno-cultural region stretching over northern Fennoscandia (parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia)
**Lapland (Finland) (''Lappi''/''Lappland''), a Finnish region
*** Lapland (former pr ...
, the
Alps and the
Carpathian Mountains
The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The range stretches ...
.
The larvae feed on ''
Astragalus alpinus'', ''
Astragalus frigidus
''Astragalus'' is a large genus of over 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae and the subfamily Faboideae. It is the largest genus of plants in terms of described species. The genus is native to temp ...
'', ''
Hedysarum hedysaroides
''Hedysarum hedysaroides'', common name alpine sainfoin, is a perennial herb belonging to the family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,[Oxytropis halleri
''Oxytropis'' is a genus of plants in the legume family. It is one of three genera of plants known as locoweeds, and are notorious for being toxic to grazing animals. The other locoweed genus is the closely related ''Astragalus''. There are abo ...]
''.
References
svenssoni
Moths of Europe
Moths described in 1985
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