Coleophora microxantha

Coleophora microxantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. microxantha
Binomial name
Coleophora microxantha
Walsingham, 1907

Coleophora microxantha is a moth of the Coleophoridae family that is endemic to Algeria.[1]

The larvae feed on Herniaria fruticosa. They feed on the leaves of their host plant.[2]

References

  1. Giorgio Baldizzone; Hugo van der Wolf; Jean-François Landry (2006). World Catalogue of Insects. 8. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. p. 82. ISBN 87-88757-76-5. ISSN 1398-8700.
  2. Host-plant Relationships of the Casebearers (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae): Communication III
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