Coleophora afghana
Coleophora afghana is a moth of the family Coleophoridae that can be found in Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.[1]
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| Species: | C. afghana |
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| Coleophora afghana Toll & Amsel, 1967 | |
The larvae feed on Acanthophyllum elatius and other Caryophyllaceae species. They create a silky and straight case. There seven longitudinal, coarse, convex stripes on the surface to which isolated sand particles and other matter are attached. The valve is three-sided and very large. The final color is pale, sandy or brownish-gray and it reaches a length of 10–12 millimetres (0.39–0.47 in). Larvae can be found in June and (after diapause) again in April.[2]
References
- Giorgio Baldizzone; Hugo van der Wolf; Jean-François Landry (2006). World Catalogue of Insects. 8. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. p. 23. ISBN 87-88757-76-5. ISSN 1398-8700.
- Lepidopterous fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries
External links
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