Coleophora niphomesta

Coleophora niphomesta
Coleophora niphomesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. niphomesta
Binomial name
Coleophora niphomesta
Meyrick, 1917[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora sarobiensis Toll & Amsel, 1967

Coleophora niphomesta is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The head and thorax are white. The palpi are white, externally with a grey line. The antennae are white ringed with pale fuscous and the abdomen is whitish-grey. The forewings are lanceolate and whitish-ochreous. There is are several white streaks. The hindwings are pale grey. Sometimes the forewings have no white lines along the veins, but are almost unicolorous, white dirty-ochreous sprinkled with some darker scales.[2]

The larvae feed on the leaves and fruit of Climacoptera turcomanica, Aerva javanica and Aerva persica.

References

  1. ^ Afro Moths
  2. ^ A Taxonomic Review of the Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera) Of The Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka Described by Edward Meyrick
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