Christophia leucosiphon

Christophia leucosiphon
Christophia leucosiphon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Christophia
Species: C. leucosiphon
Binomial name
Christophia leucosiphon
Falkovitsch, 1999[1]

Christophia leucosiphon is a species of snout moth in the genus Christophia. It was described by Falkovitsch in 1999, and is known from Uzbekistan[1], Kazakhstan and Mongolia.[2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Haloxylon ammodendron.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2011-09-29. 
  2. ^ Christophia leucosiphon - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
  3. ^ New Turanian Species of the Narrow-Winged Pyraloid Moths (Lepidoptera, Phycitidae) Associated with Chenopodiaceae
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