Coleophora tsherkesi

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

Coleophora tsherkesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. tsherkesi
Binomial name
Coleophora tsherkesi
Falkovitsh, 1970

Adults have longitudinal grayish striae (stripes). They are on wing from the end of May to the beginning of June.

The larvae feed on the fruit of Arbuscula richteri. Larvae can be found from September to October. Fully fed larvae hibernate.[1]

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