Coleophora campella

Coleophora campella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. campella
Binomial name
Coleophora campella
Falkovitsh, 1973[1]

Coleophora campella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Turkestan and Uzbekistan.

The wingspan is about 8 mm.

The larvae feed on Salsola gemmascens. The entire development takes place inside the fruit of their host plant. The larvae are chocolate-brown or ocher-yellow, with a more or less discernible chocolate-brown band in the middle of each segment. The head is brown. They reach a length of 4 mm. The larvae can be found from the end of September to October.[2]

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