Coleophora crassicornella

Coleophora crassicornella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae that is endemic to Algeria.[1]

Coleophora crassicornella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Coleophoridae
Genus:
Coleophora
Species:
C. crassicornella
Binomial name
Coleophora crassicornella
Chrétien, 1915
Synonyms
  • Coleophora sabuletella Toll, 1956

The larvae feed on Atriplex halimus. They feed on the leaves of their host plant.[2]

References
  1. Giorgio Baldizzone; Hugo van der Wolf; Jean-François Landry (2006). World Catalogue of Insects. 8. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. p. 45. ISBN 87-88757-76-5. ISSN 1398-8700.
  2. Falkovitsh, M. I. (2006). "Host-plant Relationships of the Casebearers (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae): Communication III". Entomological Review (86). doi:10.1134/S0013873806030031.

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