Coleophora gazella

Coleophora gazella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Turkestan, Afghanistan and Turkey.

Coleophora gazella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Coleophoridae
Genus:
Coleophora
Species:
C. gazella
Binomial name
Coleophora gazella
(Toll, 1952)
Synonyms
  • Coleophora gazella Toll & Amsel, 1967 (Junior primary homonym)
  • Coleophora argandabella Amsel, 1968
  • Multicoloria gazella sinevi Reznik, 1989

The larvae feed on the leaves of Artemisia turanica, including f. diffusa in stony desert. They create a silky, sheathlike case, with the end curved downward, oblique sinuous wrinkles and longitudinal grooves. The length of the case is 12–14 mm and the color of the fresh case is dull white. Larvae can be found from the end of May to the beginning of June and (after diapause) again from April to May. Larvae hibernate.[1]

Subspecies
  • Coleophora gazella gazella
  • Coleophora gazella sinevi (Reznik, 1989)

References
  1. Lepidopterous fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries


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