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Species Coleophora atromarginata - American Pistol Casebearer - Hodges#1257

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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 (Pistol Casebearers)
Species atromarginata (American Pistol Casebearer - Hodges#1257)
Hodges Number
1257
Food
Leaves of birch (Betula), oak (Quercus), musclewood (Carpinus), hophornbeam (Ostrya), and hickory (Carya). (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.Larval Case Architecture and Implications of Host-Plant Associations for North American Coleophora (Lepidoptera; Coleophoridae)
Contributed by tom murray on 4 July, 2007 - 6:51pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman, Steve Morris
Last updated 23 April, 2024 - 9:35am

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