Coleophora Conyzae (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Coleophora conyzae is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Sweden and Finland to the Iberian Peninsula, Corsica, Sicily and Crete and from Great Britain to Romania.The larvae feed on Eupatorium cannabinum, Inula conyza, Inula oculus-christi and Pulicaria dysenterica. They create a spatulate leaf case at the underside of the leaf. The case is 10-12 mm long, straight, brown, tubular, bivalved and sometimes hairy (depending on the hostplant). The mouth angle is rather variable, but usually around 45 .