Coleophora Arctostaphyli (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Coleophora arctostaphyli is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy and from Great Britain to Poland.The larvae feed on Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. They create a spathulate leaf case of about 8 mm long. The mouth angle is about 45 . Before making its first case, the young larvae live in a frass-filled contorted corridor. The larval stage lasts two seasons. In the first autumn, they live in a mine, where hibernation occurs.