Biology:Coleophora aegyptiacae

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Short description: Species of moth

Coleophora aegyptiacae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
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.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5143099 entry