Coleophora juncivora

Coleophora juncivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. juncivora
Binomial name
Coleophora juncivora
Baldizzone & Oku, 1990

Coleophora juncivora is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found on Honshu island of Japan.

The wingspan is 9.5-10.5 mm.[1]

The larvae feed on the seeds of Juncus krameri and Juncus leschenaultii.[2] They create a slender, tubular case with a trilobed anal end. It is about 6.5 mm long, light greyish-ochreous and usually scattered with reddish-grey particles at the basal half.

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