Coleophora ningxiana is a moth of the family Coleophoridae which is endemic to China (Ningxia).
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 |
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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- Data related to Coleophora ningxiana at Wikispecies