Coleophora pratella

Coleophora pratella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. pratella
Binomial name
Coleophora pratella
Zeller, 1871[1]

Coleophora pratella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from France and Belgium to Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria and from Germany to Italy, Austria and Hungary.

The larvae feed on Polygonum bistorta, Fallopia dumetorum and Fallopia convolvulus. They feed on the generative organs of their host plant.

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