Coleophora microxantha

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

Coleophora microxantha
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C. microxantha
Binomial name
Coleophora microxantha

The larvae feed on Herniaria fruticosa. 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. 82. ISBN 87-88757-76-5. ISSN 1398-8700.
  2. Host-plant Relationships of the Casebearers (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae): Communication III


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