Christophia triceratops

(Christophia triceratops)

Description

Christophia triceratops is a species of snout moth in the genus Christophia. It was described by Mark I. Falkovitsh in 1999 and is known from Uzbekistan. The larvae have been recorded feeding on Climacoptera species.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

Family:Pyralidae

Genus:Christophia

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