Christophia leucosiphon
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Christophia leucosiphon is a species of snout moth
in the genus Christophia
. It was described by Falkovitsch in 1999, and is known from Uzbekistan
, Kazakhstan
and Mongolia
.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Haloxylon ammodendron
.
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera...
in the genus Christophia
Christophia
Christophia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Ragonot in 1887, and is known from Uzbekistan, and Kazahkstan.-Species:* Christophia ammobia Falkovitsch, 1999* Christophia callipterella Ragonot, 1887...
. It was described by Falkovitsch in 1999, and is known from Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
and Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Haloxylon ammodendron
Haloxylon ammodendron
The saxaul, black saxaul, sometimes sacsaoul or saksaul , is a plant belonging to the Amaranthaceae.-Description:The saxaul ranges in size from a large shrub to a small tree, 2-8 m tall. It has a brown trunk 4-10 cm in diameter. The wood is heavy and coarse and the bark is spongy and water-soaked...
.