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Species Coleophora cratipennella - Streaked Coleophora - Hodges#1365

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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 (Silk Casebearers)
Species cratipennella (Streaked Coleophora - Hodges#1365)
Hodges Number
1365
Identification
Food
Seeds of rushes (Juncus). (1)
Remarks
Larvae construct trivalved tubular silk cases. (1)