Coccidiphila gerasimovi

Coccidiphila gerasimovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cosmopterigidae
Genus:	Coccidiphila
Species:	C. gerasimovi
Binomial name
Coccidiphila gerasimovi Danilevsky, 1950[1]

Coccidiphila gerasimovi is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in the Mediterranean area, on the Canary Islands and from North Africa to the Near East.^[2] It has also been recorded from Sudan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.^[3]

The wingspan is 7–11 mm. Adults are on wing from early March to October. There are probably more than one generations per year.

The larvae feed on the eggs of Coccidae species, including Pseudococcus maritimus, Laccifer lacca, Leucanium prunastri and Aonidella citrina.

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. Faunistic notes on Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae and Cosmopterigidae from the Maltese Islands Archived March 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
3. Afro Moths