Coleophora polycarpaeae

Coleophora polycarpaeae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. polycarpaeae
Binomial name
Coleophora polycarpaeae Hering, 1927[1]

Coleophora polycarpaeae is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found on the Canary Islands.

The larvae feed on Polycarpaea divaricata and Polycarpaea smithii. 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

1. ^ Fauna Europaea
2. ^ bladmineerders.nl

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