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Species Coleophora cornella - Hodges#1297

Representative Images

Casebearer on Dogwood - Coleophora cornella moth from Case on Dogwood - Coleophora cornella moth from Case on Dogwood - Coleophora cornella ColeophoridaeX on Dogwood - Coleophora cornella Coleophoridae larva in case - Coleophora cornella Mason Farm stem miner on Cornus amomum D4461 2023 1 - Coleophora cornella Mason Farm stem miner on Cornus amomum D4461 2023 4 - Coleophora cornella Mason Farm stem miner on Cornus amomum D4461 2023 8 - Coleophora cornella
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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 (Spatulate and Tubular Leaf Casebearers)
Species cornella (Coleophora cornella - Hodges#1297)

Hodges Number

1297

Food

Dogwood (Cornus) leaves. (1)

Life Cycle

To view a life cycle example, click on an image below.
1.case on dogwood leaf 2.larva in case 3.adult

Remarks

Larvae construct spatulate leaf cases. (1)
BOLD shows examples similar to C. comptoniella but they are in a 2nd BIN cluster containing C. comptoniella and may be misidentified.

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 - 7:41pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, marcie oconnor
Last updated 12 October, 2015 - 6:05am

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