Coleophora afghana
Coleophora afghana is a moth of the Coleophoridae family 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. There seven longitudinal, coarse, convex stripes on the surface to which isolated sand particles and other matter are attached. The valve is three-sided and very large. The final color is pale, sandy or brownish-gray and 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]
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| Pterophoroidea |
- Pterophoridae (plume moths)
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- Doidae
- Erebidae (underwing, tiger, tussock, litter, snout, owlet moths)
- Euteliidae
- Noctuidae (daggers, sallows, owlet moths, quakers, cutworms, darts)
- Nolidae (tuft moths)
- Notodontidae (prominents, kittens)
- Oenosandridae
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Data related to Coleophora afghana at Wikispecies