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
Asia Minor
.
The larvae feed on various
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
- ISBN 87-88757-66-8, S. 154.
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