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Coleophora tytri

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Coleophora tytri is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Turkestan and Uzbekistan. The larvae feed on Salsola gemmascens. They create a case of hollowed fruits. It consists of two immature fruits or rarely of one large fruit. The case is silky, somewhat slender and slightly curved. The valve is three-sided and made after cutting the fruit in the caudal part of the case. The length of the case is 4.5-5.3 mm and it is chocolate-brown to yellow, usually with light ocherous tinge. The case of the young larvae is yellowish. The larvae can be found from September to October.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0