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Coleophora rosacella

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Species of moth

Coleophora rosacella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. rosacella
Binomial name
Coleophora rosacella
Clemens, 1864

Coleophora rosacella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in North America, including Pennsylvania, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

The larvae feed on the buds of Rosa species. They create a tubular leaf case.

References

  1. mothphotographersgroup

Further reading

  • Clemens, Brackenridge (1864). "North American micro-lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia. 2: 426–427.
    • Reprinted in Clemens, Brackenridge (1872) . "North American Micro-Lepidoptera". In Stainton, H. T. (ed.). The Tineina of North America. London: John van Voorst. pp. 251–252.
  • McDunnough, J. (1946). "Some Coleophoridae of Eastern Ontario and northwestern Nova Scotia". The Canadian Entomologist. 78 (3): 62. doi:10.4039/Ent7854-3.
Taxon identifiers
Coleophora rosacella


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