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]

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