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Rosaceae-feeding Species

Mine in Agrimonia rostellata - Coptotriche agrimoniella

Coptotriche ex Prunus mexicana - Coptotriche

Horseshoe Lake leaf miner on Crataegus pexa D3760 2022 0 - Coptotriche crataegifoliae

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Tischerioidea (Trumpet Leafminer Moths)

Family Tischeriidae (Trumpet Leafminer Moths)

Genus Coptotriche

No Taxon Rosaceae-feeding Species

Remarks

"The uniformly dark color identifies this moth as one of the Rosaceae-feeding Coptotriche species, but they all look very similar and can't be reliably differentiated from each other unless they are dissected." [comment by Terry Harrison]

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 21 October, 2011 - 7:05pm

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