Coptodisca lucifluella
| Coptodisca lucifluella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Heliozelidae |
| Genus: | Coptodisca |
| Species: | C. lucifluella |
| Binomial name | |
| Coptodisca lucifluella (Clemens, 1860) | |
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Coptodisca lucifluella is a moth of the Heliozelidae family. It was described by Clemens in 1860.[1] It is found in North America, including Kentucky and Ohio.[2]
The larvae feed on Carya illinoinensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3] The mine has the form of an oval blotch. Full-grown larvae chew the upper and lower leaf epidermis around the edges of the mine before pupating inside it.[4]
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