Coleophora aegyptiacae

Coleophora aegyptiacae is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found on the Canary Islands (Tenerife, Fuerteventura) and in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Iran, Oman and Yemen.[2]

Coleophora aegyptiacae
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C. aegyptiacae
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Coleophora aegyptiacae
Walsingham, 1907[1]

The larvae feed on the leaves Salvia aegyptiaca. They live in a case.

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