''Christophia tessulata'' 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 ...

. The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''

Caroxylon orientalis ''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...

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

References

Moths described in 1999 Phycitini {{Phycitini-stub