Coleophora orotavensis

Coleophora orotavensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. orotavensis
Binomial name
Coleophora orotavensis
Rebel, 1896[1]

Coleophora orotavensis is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found on the Canary Islands (La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, La Palma and Fuerteventura).[2]

The larvae feed in larval cases on Chenopodium hybridum.

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