Coleophora polycarpaeae
| Coleophora polycarpaeae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. polycarpaeae
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| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora polycarpaeae Hering, 1927[1]
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Coleophora polycarpaeae is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found on the Canary Islands.
The larvae feed on and . They create an off-white to greyish brown tubular leaf case of 4.5–5 mm long. Dorsally it is often covered with fragments of frass or detritus.[2]
References[]
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
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