Coleophora platyphyllae

Coleophora platyphyllae
Coleophora platyphyllae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. platyphyllae
Binomial name
Coleophora platyphyllae
Oku, 1965[1]

Coleophora platyphyllae is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. 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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