Coleophora hospitiella

Coleophora hospitiella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found on the Canary Islands (Tenerife, La Gomera, Fuerteventura), North Africa (including Libya and Tunisia), Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.[2]

Coleophora hospitiella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. hospitiella
Binomial name
Coleophora hospitiella
Chrétien, 1915[1]
Synonyms
  • Coleophora fuscostraminella Toll, 1956
  • Coleophora richteri Toll, 1959

The larvae feed on Medicago laciniata.[3]

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