Coleophora ammodyta

Coleophora ammodyta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. ammodyta
Binomial name
	Coleophora ammodyta; Falkovitsh, 1973

Coleophora ammodyta is a moth of the family Coleophoridae that can be found in Turkestan, Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia.^[1]

The larvae feed on the fruit of . The larvae do not make a case, but live inside the fruit. The larvae are yellowish-white with a brown head and a length of about 6 mm. They can be found from September to October. They hibernate in sandy cocoons after feeding.^[2]

References[]

^ Giorgio Baldizzone; Hugo van der Wolf; Jean-François Landry (2006). World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 8. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. p. 32. ISBN 87-88757-76-5. ISSN 1398-8700.
^ Lepidopterous fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries

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[1] Giorgio Baldizzone; Hugo van der Wolf; Jean-François Landry (2006). World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 8. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. p. 32. ISBN 87-88757-76-5. ISSN 1398-8700.

[2] Lepidopterous fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries

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