Coleophora protecta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. protecta |
Binomial name | |
Coleophora protecta Walsingham, 1907 | |
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Coleophora protecta is a moth of the family Coleophoridae described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1907. It is found in Lebanon, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. [1]
The larvae feed on Tragacantha armata and Tragacantha karakalensis . They feed on the leaves of their host plant. [2]