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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Casebearer Moths (Coleophoridae) » Coleophorinae » Coleophora » Lobe Casebearers (Coleophora Lobe Casebearers) » Coleophora kearfottella - Hodges#1290 (Coleophora kearfottella)

Species Coleophora kearfottella - Hodges#1290

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Coleophora kearfottella Coleophora kearfottella Stacked leaf fragments: Coleophora? - Coleophora kearfottella Coleophora? - Coleophora kearfottella Coleophora, herbivory, upper side of Willow leaf - Coleophora kearfottella Coleophora, herbivory, under side of Willow leaf - Coleophora kearfottella Coleophora, dorsal - Coleophora kearfottella Coleophora, lateral - Coleophora kearfottella
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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 (Lobe Casebearers)
Species kearfottella (Coleophora kearfottella - Hodges#1290)
Hodges Number
1290
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Coleophora kearfottella Barnes & Busck, 1920
Size
11-12 mm (1)
Food
Willow. (2)
See Also
Coleophora cretaticostella and Coleophora accordella (1)
Print References
Barnes & Busck, 1920. Notes on new species. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America. 4(3):244 (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcoding Life
Works Cited
1.Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America (Vols. 1-4)
William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough. 1911. Decatur ILL., The Review Press.
2.Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates
Charley Eiseman & Noah Charney. 2010. Stackpole Books.
Contributed by Claude Pilon on 8 November, 2007 - 5:28pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, ceiseman, Abigail Parker
Last updated 8 October, 2015 - 8:00am

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