Coleophora levantis
Coleophora levantis is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found on the island of Honshu in Japan.
Coleophora levantis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. levantis |
Binomial name | |
Coleophora levantis Baldizzone & Oku, 1988 | |
The wingspan is 11โ14 mm.[1] Adults are on wing in July.
The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica grosserata and Quercus serrata.[2] Young larvae feed on sprouting buds of their host plant in spring. They create a case for hibernation; it is of the curved sheath-type and is 4โ5 mm long, smooth and light brownish grey.
Older larvae create another case in spring and feed on the upper surface of the leaves without making mines. This case is of the tubular type and 6โ7 mm long, almost straight and covered with light greyish-yellow hairs.
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