Coleophora platyphyllae
Coleophora platyphyllae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. platyphyllae
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Binomial name | |
Coleophora platyphyllae Oku, 1965[1]
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Coleophora platyphyllae is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Japan.
The wingspan is about 13 mm.
The larvae feed on Betula platyphylla. They create a blackish, rather slender pistol-case, with some whitish fluffs along the lateral line and around the anal flap. It is about 8 mm in length. The larva feeds on the upper surface of the host leaf without making mine.[2]
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Categories:
- Coleophora
- Moths of Japan
- Moths described in 1965
- Coleophoridae stubs