''Cosmopterix salahinella'' is a
moth of the family
Cosmopterigidae. It is found from
Tunisia,
Egypt,
Libya and
Israel east to
Saudi Arabia and
Iran.
[J. C. Koster, S. Yu. Sinev: Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae, Agonoxenidae, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiidae. In: P. Huemer, O. Karsholt, L. Lyneborg (Hrsg.): Microlepidoptera of Europe. 1. Auflage. Band 5, Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2003, , S. 120.]
The
wingspan is 10–12 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of January to the end of May. There are two generations per year in Egypt.
The larvae feed on ''
Phragmites australis'' and ''
Arundo donax''. They
mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
...
the leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes place inside of the mine. Larvae can be found from summer to February.
References
salahinella
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