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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Fairy Moths and kin (Adeloidea) » Shield Bearer Moths (Heliozelidae) » Coptodisca

Genus Coptodisca

Classification · Size · Identification · Works Cited
Persimmon Leaf Mine Maker [=Coptodisca? diospyriella??] ID Request - Coptodisca diospyriella Ft Lauderdale ESA leaf miner on Conocarpus erectus FTL5 2016 5 - Coptodisca undescribed-species-on-conocarpus-erectus Coptodisca quercicolella - Coptodisca Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Salix nigra D2473 2020 5 - Coptodisca saliciella St. Andrews leaf miner on Carya tomentosa SA1768 adult 2 2020 1 - Coptodisca lucifluella Hidden Lake Bladen Co leaf miner on Gaylusacia frondosa D2988 2021 4 - Coptodisca magnella Coptodisca sp. - Coptodisca Durant Nature Preserve leaf miner Coptodisca on Alnus serrulata D4887 2023 9 - Coptodisca
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Adeloidea (Fairy Moths and kin)
Family Heliozelidae (Shield Bearer Moths)
Genus Coptodisca
Size
western species forewing lengths 1.5 - 2.35 mm (1)
Identification
Adults - species are superficially similar, shiny metalic lead or silver colored, with distally pale to dark orange with oposing costal and dorsal white triangles outlined in black and black blotches in the tornal area (1)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 14 May, 2010 - 12:37pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 30 June, 2011 - 9:19pm

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