Coleophora ochroflava - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Coleophora ochroflava is a moth

Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

of the Coleophoridae

Coleophoridae

family. It is found in north-western Russia

Russia

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, Ukraine

Ukraine

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, Romania

Romania

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, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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, Greece

Greece

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and Italy

Italy

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The larvae feed on the leaves of Atriplex tatarica, Atriplex nitens, Atriplex verrucifera and Halimione partulocoides.

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