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Pistol Casebearers

Casebearer - Coleophora Coleophorinae, dorsal - Coleophora insect larval case? - Coleophora Insect in shell - Coleophora Coleophora tiliaefoliella Coleophora Casebearing moth - Coleophora querciella Coleophora - male
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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 Pistol Casebearers
Numbers
At least 9 species. (1)
Food
Leaves of woody plants, except for an undescribed species that feeds on vetch (Vicia). (1)
Remarks
Larvae live in cases made of leaf pieces reinforced with silk, with a pure silk portion added to the anterior end at an angle to the rest of the case. The case is not decorated or camouflaged. (1)
Works Cited
1.Larval Case Architecture and Implications of Host-Plant Associations for North American Coleophora (Lepidoptera; Coleophoridae)
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 13 May, 2011 - 5:54pm
Last updated 13 May, 2011 - 7:32pm

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