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Species Coleophora cratipennella - Streaked Coleophora - Hodges#1365

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Streaked Coleophora - Coleophora cratipennella Streaked Coleophora - Coleophora cratipennella Coleophora cratipennella Streaked Coleophora - Coleophora cratipennella Streaked Coleophora, 1365 - Coleophora cratipennella Streaked Coleophora - Coleophora cratipennella - male Coleophora cratipennella Coleophora cratipennella
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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

Genitalia:

Food

Seeds of rushes (Juncus). (1)

Remarks

Larvae construct trivalved tubular silk cases. (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 Abigail Parker on 25 September, 2009 - 9:15pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, ceiseman, Robert H. Biagi, Steve Morris
Last updated 26 August, 2024 - 8:52am

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