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Species Coleophora cornella - Hodges#1297

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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
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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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