''Christophia leucosiphon'' is a species of

snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralid ...

in the genus ''

Christophia ''Christophia'' is a genus of Pyralidae, snout moths. It was erected by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887 and is known from Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. Species * ''Christophia ammobia'' Falkovitsh, 1999 * ''Christophia callipterella'' Ragonot, 1887 * ...

''. It was described by Mark I. Falkovitsh in 1999 and is known from

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental coun ...

and

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 millio ...

. The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''

Haloxylon ammodendron ''Haloxylon ammodendron'', the saxaul, black saxaul, sometimes sacsaoul or saksaul ( rus, саксау́л, r=saksaúl, which is from kk, сексеуіл, r=seksewil), is a plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. Description The saxaul ra ...

''.New Turanian Species of the Narrow-Winged Pyraloid Moths (Lepidoptera, Phycitidae) Associated with Chenopodiaceae

References

Moths described in 1999 Phycitini {{Phycitini-stub