Coleophora octagonella

Coleophora octagonella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. octagonella
Binomial name
Coleophora octagonella
Walsingham, 1882[1]

The octagonal casemaker moth (Coleophora octagonella) is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in the United States, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee.

The species is misplaced in the genus Coleophora and the Coleophoridae family. It actually belongs to the family Batrachedridae. The larvae feed on lichens which grow on Quercus trees. They construct a case, but it is constructed rather differently from those of Coleophora species.[2]

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