Coleophora tringella

Coleophora tringella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. tringella
Binomial name
Coleophora tringella
Baldizzone, 1988[1]

Coleophora tringella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in southern Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkey. It occurs in desert-steppe and desert biotopes.

Adults are on wing from late May to June.[2]

The larvae feed on Kochia prostrata.[3] They feed on the generative organs of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)
  3. ↑ Contribution to the knowledge of Coleophoridae. CXV. About some interesting species of Coleophoridae of Turkey and adjacent countries (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)
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