Coleophora amasiella

Coleophora amasiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. amasiella
Binomial name
Coleophora amasiella
Stainton, 1867

Coleophora amasiella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family that can be found in Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey.[1]

The larvae feed on Alhagi pseudalhagi. 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. 31. ISBN 87-88757-76-5. ISSN 1398-8700.
  2. Host-plant Relationships of the Casebearers (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae): Communication III

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