Coleophora niphomesta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. niphomesta |
Binomial name | |
Coleophora niphomesta | |
Synonyms | |
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Coleophora niphomesta is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. [2]
The larvae feed on the leaves and fruit of Climacoptera turcomanica , Aerva javanica and Aerva persica .
The Coleophoridae are a family of small moths, belonging to the huge superfamily Gelechioidea. Collectively known as case-bearers, casebearing moths or case moths, this family is represented on all continents, but the majority are found in temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere. They are most common in the Palearctic, and rare in sub-Saharan Africa, South America, and Australia; consequently, they probably originated in northern Eurasia. They are relatively common in houses, they seek out moist areas to rest and procreate.
Coleophora vestianella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Europe to Asia Minor, Iran, Afghanistan, China, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
Coleophora seminalis is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Australia, New Guinea, Malesia, Fiji and eastern China.
Coleophora virgatella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Germany and Poland to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece. It has also been recorded from southern Russia and central Asia.
Coleophora colutella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in all of Europe, except Great Britain and Ireland. It is an introduced species in North America.
Coleophora genistae is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Sweden to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Italy and Greece and from Great Britain to Romania. It is also known from Turkey.
Coleophora ledi is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees and the Alps. In the east, it ranges to Japan. Outside of Eurasia, it is known from North America where it is found in eastern Canada, Michigan, and Alaska.
Coleophora motacillella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from France to southern Russia and from Denmark to Austria and Romania.
Coleophora binotapennella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Spain, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, North Macedonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, northern and southern Russia and China. It occurs in desert-steppe and desert biotopes.
Coleophora clypeiferella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Fennoscandia to France, Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine. It is also known from the Caucasus and Ural regions of Russia and China. It occurs in steppe and cultivated areas.
The octagonal casemaker moth is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in the United States, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee.
Coleophora yomogiella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Japan, Korea and China.
Coleophora euryaula is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Egypt.
Coleophora sinensis is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Shanxi and Hebei provinces of China.
Coleophora aervae is a moth of the family Coleophoridae that is endemic to Iran.
Coleophora carchara is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in China and Mongolia.
Coleophora sequens is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in China and Mongolia.
Coleophora falkovitshella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Mongolia and Korea.
Coleophora hipponae is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in North Africa.
Coleophora chalepa is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Russia.