Coleophora hospitiella
| Coleophora hospitiella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. hospitiella |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora hospitiella Chrétien, 1915[1] | |
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Coleophora hospitiella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found on the Canary Islands (Tenerife, La Gomera, Fuerteventura), North Africa (including Libya and Tunisia), Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.[2]
The larvae feed on Medicago laciniata. They create a rather flat lobe case of 7–9 mm long, composed of fairly large leaf fragments. Later, the larvae start feeding on the ripening seeds.[3] Larvae can be found from January to May. Dependent on rain, larvae may wait one to several years before pupation takes place.
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