Coleophora afghana
Appearance
Coleophora afghana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. afghana
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Binomial name | |
Coleophora afghana Toll & Amsel, 1967
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Coleophora afghana is a moth of the family Coleophoridae that can be found in Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.[1]
The larvae feed on Acanthophyllum elatius and other Caryophyllaceae species. They create a silky and straight case. It reaches a length of 10–12 millimetres (0.39–0.47 in). Larvae can be found in June and (after diapause) again in April.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Giorgio Baldizzone; Hugo van der Wolf; Jean-François Landry (2006). World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 8. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. p. 23. ISBN 87-88757-76-5. ISSN 1398-8700.
- ^ Lepidopterous fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries
External links
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