Christophia leucosiphon

Christophia leucosiphon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Christophia
Species: C. leucosiphon
Binomial name
Christophia leucosiphon
Falkovitsch, 1999[1]

Christophia leucosiphon is a species of snout moth in the genus Christophia. It was described by Falkovitsch in 1999, and is known from Uzbekistan,[1] Kazakhstan and Mongolia.[2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Haloxylon ammodendron.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ↑ Christophia leucosiphon - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
  3. ↑ New Turanian Species of the Narrow-Winged Pyraloid Moths (Lepidoptera, Phycitidae) Associated with Chenopodiaceae


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