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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 » Composite Leaf Casebearers (Coleophora Composite Leaf Casebearers) » Cherry Casebearer Moth - Hodges#1271 (Coleophora pruniella)

Species Coleophora pruniella - Cherry Casebearer Moth - Hodges#1271

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
1271 - Coleophora pruniella Coleophora pruniella - Cherry Case Bearer Moth 1271 - Coleophora pruniella Coleophora pruniella - Cherry Case Bearer Moth 1271 - Coleophora pruniella Coleophora pruniella Cherry Casebearer Moth - Coleophora pruniella - female Coleophoridae, on Chokecherry - Coleophora pruniella Cherry Casebearer Moth - Coleophora pruniella Coleophoridae: Coleophora pruniella? - Coleophora pruniella
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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 pruniella (Cherry Casebearer Moth - Hodges#1271)
Hodges Number
1271
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Coleophora pruniella Clemens, 1861
Size
Forewing length 5.5 mm. (1)
Identification
Genitalia:
Food
Larval hosts include cherry, alder, serviceberry, birch, sweet fern, walnut, apple, myrtle, poplar and willow.
Print References
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.6.23; p.76. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 October, 2009 - 1:28pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 13 November, 2023 - 11:16am

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