Coleophora thymi

Coleophora thymi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. thymi
Binomial name
Coleophora thymi
Hering, 1942[1]

Coleophora thymi is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Germany to Italy and Greece.

The larvae feed on Thymus species. They create a trivalved tubular silken case of 8-9.5 mm with a mouth angle of about 30°. The case is light brown and has a number of indistinct length lines. The mines are quite small at first, but later the leaves are completely mined out.[2] Larvae can be found from autumn to June.

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