Coleophora prunifoliae is a moth

Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

 of the Coleophoridae

Coleophoridae

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 family. It is found from Scandinavia

Scandinavia

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 to the Pyrenees

Pyrenees

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, Italy

Italy

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 and Romania

Romania

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 and from Great Britain

Great Britain

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 to southern Russia

Russia

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.

The wingspan

Wingspan

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 is 10-12 mm.

The larvae feed on Betula, Cotoneaster franchetii

Cotoneaster franchetii

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, Crataegus

Crataegus

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, Cydonia oblonga, Malus domestica, Prunus armeniaca, Prunus avium

Prunus avium

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, Prunus cerasus, Prunus domestica insititia, Prunus mahaleb

Prunus mahaleb

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, Prunus serrulata

Prunus serrulata

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, Prunus spinosa

Prunus spinosa

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, Pyracantha coccinea

Pyracantha coccinea

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, Sorbus aria

Sorbus aria

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and Sorbus aucuparia

Sorbus aucuparia

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. They create a tubular leaf case of 6-7 mm long. It is light, but later dark brown, trivalved and has a mouth angle of 45°. The larva lives at the underside of the leaf, and makes sizable fleck mines. Full-grown larvae can be found at the end of May.