Coleophora afghana

Coleophora afghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. afghana
Binomial name
Coleophora afghana Toll & Amsel, 1967

Coleophora afghana is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.

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 mm. Larvae can be found in June and (after diapause) again in April.^[1]

References

1. ^ Lepidopterous fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries

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