Coleophora polycarpaeae

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

Coleophora polycarpaeae
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C. polycarpaeae
Binomial name
Coleophora polycarpaeae
Hering, 1927[1]

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". Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2011-04-28.


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