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Seed Casebearers

Coleophora mayrella Seed Casebearer - Coleophora deauratella Could this be a Scythris inornatella - Coleophora Large Clover Casebearer Moth - Coleophora trifolii Moth - Coleophora trifolii Coleophora quadrilineella Coleophora quadrilineella Golden Microlep! - Coleophora trifolii
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Coleophoridae (Casebearer Moths)
Subfamily Coleophorinae
Genus Coleophora
No Taxon Seed Casebearers
Numbers
At least 7 species. (1)
Food
Seeds of plants in the pea family (Fabaceae) and rush family (Juncaceae). (1)
Remarks
In this group, the larva's initial case is a floret or seed capsule of the host plant. This case is enlarged as the larva grows. (1)
Print References
Landry, Jean-François and Barry Wright. 1993. Systematics of the Nearctic species of metallic-green Coleophora (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae). The Canadian Entomologist 125(3):549-618.
Works Cited
1.Larval Case Architecture and Implications of Host-Plant Associations for North American Coleophora (Lepidoptera; Coleophoridae)
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 13 May, 2011 - 6:54pm
Last updated 14 November, 2014 - 8:49am

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