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Species Coleophora rupestrella - Hodges#1285

Coleophora rupestrella 1285 - Coleophora rupestrella

Coleophora rupestrella - Coleophora rupestrella

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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 (Composite Leaf Casebearers)

Species rupestrella (Coleophora rupestrella - Hodges#1285)

Hodges Number

1285

Explanation of Names

Author: McDunnough, 1955

Food

larvae feed on the leaves of Fragaria and Potentilla species.

Internet References

MPG

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 21 January, 2015 - 2:53pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 29 February, 2016 - 8:20am

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