Coleophora astragalorum

Coleophora astragalorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. astragalorum
Binomial name
Coleophora astragalorum
Falkovitsh, 1973[1]

Coleophora astragalorum is a moth of the Coleophoridae family that can be found in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.[2]

The larvae feed on Astragalus and Ammodendron species. They create a silky case with a dull white cover. The valve of the case is two-sided. The length is about 9 millimetres (0.35 in) and it is pale chocolate-brown or chocolate-brown to yellow in color. Larvae can be found at the end of May and (after diapause) from the end of March to April.[3]

References

  1. Catalogo Mundial Sistematico y de Distribucion de la Familia Coleophoridae Archived 2012-09-24 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. Giorgio Baldizzone; Hugo van der Wolf; Jean-François Landry (2006). World Catalogue of Insects. 8. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. p. 32. ISBN 87-88757-76-5. ISSN 1398-8700.
  3. Lepidopterous fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries


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