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Coleophora aegyptiacae

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Coleophora aegyptiacae
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C. aegyptiacae
Binomial name
Coleophora aegyptiacae
Walsingham, 1907[1]

Coleophora aegyptiacae is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found on the Canary Islands (Tenerife, Fuerteventura) and in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Iran, Oman and Yemen.[2]

The larvae feed on the leaves Salvia aegyptiaca. They live in a case.

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