Coleophora coxi

Coleophora coxi
Coleophora coxi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. coxi
Binomial name
Coleophora coxi
Baldizzone & van der Wolf, 2007[1]

Coleophora coxi is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found on Sicily, in Italy and Greece (Zakynthos, the Peloponnesos and Crete).

The wingspan is 10-11 mm. Adults have a grey head, although it whitish laterally. The forewings are brown-grey with some dark scales along the faintly white-lined veins. The fringes are dark grey. The hindwings and fringes are dark grey.[2] There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Portulaca oleracea.[3]

Etymology

The species is named after Dr. A. L. Cox, Mook, The Netherlands, who collected the two sexes together and so enabled the researchers to establish their identity.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Coleophora coxi Baldizzone & Van der Wolf, sp. n.: a new Species from the Mediterranean Region (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)
  3. ^ Sur la biologie de Coleophora coxi Baldizzone & van der Wolf, 2007 (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)
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