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Christophia leucosiphon

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

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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  2. ^ Christophia leucosiphon - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
  3. ^ New Turanian Species of the Narrow-Winged Pyraloid Moths (Lepidoptera, Phycitidae) Associated with Chenopodiaceae Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine