Coccidiphila gerasimovi

Coccidiphila gerasimovi
Coccidiphila gerasimovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Coccidiphila
Species: C. gerasimovi
Binomial name
Coccidiphila gerasimovi
Danilevsky, 1950[1]

Coccidiphila gerasimovi is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in the Mediterranean area on the Canary Islands and from North Africa to the Near East.[2] It has also been recorded from Sudan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.[3]

Adults are on wing from early March to October. There are probably more than one generations per year.

The larvae feed on the eggs of Coccidae species.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Faunistic notes on Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae and Cosmopterigidae from the Maltese Islands
  3. ^ Afro Moths
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