Vulcaniella grabowiella
| Vulcaniella grabowiella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Vulcaniella |
| Species: | V. grabowiella
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| Binomial name | |
| Vulcaniella grabowiella (Staudinger, 1859)
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Vulcaniella grabowiella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula to Asia Minor.
The larvae feed on various Lamiaceae species, including Lavandula stoechas, Thymus vulgaris and Thymus algeriensis numidicus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The create a mine without frass. The larva lives free on the plant in a case made of silk and densely covered with frass grains. The case resembles a Coleophora case, but is less regularly constructed. At times, larvae also spin leaves together.
References[edit]
- ^ J. C. Koster, S. Yu. Sinev: Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae, Agonoxenidae, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiidae. In: P. Huemer, O. Karsholt, L. Lyneborg (Hrsg.): Microlepidoptera of Europe. 1. Auflage. Band 5, Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2003, ISBN 87-88757-66-8, S. 154.
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