Coleophora ningxiana

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Coleophora ningxiana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. ningxiana
Binomial name
Coleophora ningxiana
H.H.Li, 2006 [1]

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

  1. 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.