Coleophora levantis

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

Coleophora levantis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. levantis
Binomial name
Coleophora levantis Baldizzone & Oku, 1988

The wingspan is 11–14 mm.[1] Adults are on wing in July.

The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica grosserata and Quercus serrata.[2] Young larvae feed on sprouting buds of their host plant in spring. They create a case for hibernation; it is of the curved sheath-type and is 4–5 mm long, smooth and light brownish grey.

Older larvae create another case in spring and feed on the upper surface of the leaves without making mines. This case is of the tubular type and 6–7 mm long, almost straight and covered with light greyish-yellow hairs.

References

1. Descriptions of Japanese Coleophoridae I
2. Host-plant Relationships of the Casebearers (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae): Communication III