Coleophora nanophyti

Coleophora nanophyti
Coleophora nanophyti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. nanophyti
Binomial name
Coleophora nanophyti
Falkovitsh, 1972[1]

Coleophora nanophyti is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in southern Russia, Turkestan and Uzbekistan.

The larvae feed on Nanophyton erinaceum. They create a silky, compact case with a sandy cover inside the fruit. The valve is three-sided and very short. The length of the case is 4.5-5 mm. In spring, after the sandy cover is completed during hibernation, the color of the case turns whitish-gray. The larvae can be found from September to October.[2]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Lepidopterous fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries
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