Coleophora ningxiana
Appearance
Coleophora ningxiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. ningxiana
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Binomial name | |
Coleophora ningxiana |
Coleophora ningxiana is a moth of the family Coleophoridae which is endemic to China (Ningxia).
The wingspan is about 14 millimetres (0.55 in).
The larvae feed on wild and cultivated Lycium barbarum. They live on branches and leaves of their host plant.
References
[edit]- ^ Houhun Li (2006). "Notes on Coleophora (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) injurious to Lycium (Solanaceae), with descriptions of two new species from China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1184. Magnolia Press: 57–68. ISSN 1175-5326.
External links
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