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]

References

1. Catalogo Mundial Sistematico y de Distribucion de la Familia Coleophoridae
2. Descriptions Of Nine New Species Of The Genus Coleophora From Japan, With Notes On Other Species (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)