Coleophora aegyptiacae is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found on the Canary Islands (Tenerife, Fuerteventura) and in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Iran, Oman and Yemen.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. aegyptiacae
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| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora aegyptiacae Walsingham, 1907[1]
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The larvae feed on the leaves Salvia aegyptiaca. They live in a case.
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