Coleophora zhusani: Difference between revisions

The larvae feed on the leaves of ”[[Artemisia turanica]]”. They create a silky, sheathlike case, with the end curved downward, oblique sinuous wrinkles and comparatively weak longitudinal grooves. The valve is two-sided. The length of the case is 10-11.5 mm and the color of the fresh case is pale pinkish-ocherous with a darker margin. The silky part of the hibernation case is dark brown. Larvae can be found in the beginning of June and (after [[diapause]]) again from April to May. Young larvae hibernate.[https://archive.org/stream/lepidopterousfau00dani/lepidopterousfau00dani_djvu.txt Lepidopterous fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries]