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Species Coleophora pruniella - Cherry Casebearer Moth - Hodges#1271

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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)