Coleophora argentifimbriata

Coleophora argentifimbriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. argentifimbriata
Binomial name
Coleophora argentifimbriata
Walsingham, 1907

Coleophora argentifimbriata is a moth of the Coleophoridae family that can be found in Algeria and Turkey.[1]

The length of the forewings is 6.5–7.5 millimetres (0.26–0.30 in) for males and 5.5–6 millimetres (0.22–0.24 in) for females.

Larvae possibly feed on Trifolium species.[2]

References

  1. Giorgio Baldizzone; Hugo van der Wolf; Jean-François Landry (2006). World Catalogue of Insects. 8. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. p. 30. ISBN 87-88757-76-5. ISSN 1398-8700.
  2. Taxonomische Revision der Coleophora frischella-Artengruppe (Coleophoridae)
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