Christophia leucosiphon

(Christophia leucosiphon)

Description

Christophia leucosiphon is a species of snout moth in the genus Christophia. It was described by Mark I. Falkovitsh in 1999 and is known from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. The larvae have been recorded feeding on Haloxylon ammodendron.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

Family:Pyralidae

Genus:Christophia

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