Coleophora ammodyta

Coleophora ammodyta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. ammodyta
Binomial name
Coleophora ammodyta
Falkovitsh, 1973

Coleophora ammodyta is a moth of the Coleophoridae family that can be found in Turkestan, Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia.[1]

The larvae feed on the fruit of Salsola richteri. The larvae do not make a case, but live inside the fruit. The larvae are yellowish-white with a brown head and a length of about 6 mm. They can be found from September to October. They hibernate in sandy cocoons after feeding.[2]

References

  1. Giorgio Baldizzone; Hugo van der Wolf; Jean-François Landry (2006). World Catalogue of Insects. 8. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. p. 32. ISBN 87-88757-76-5. ISSN 1398-8700.
  2. Lepidopterous fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries
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