Coptotriche basipectinella

Coptotriche basipectinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tischeriidae
Genus: Coptotriche
Species: C. basipectinella
Binomial name
Coptotriche basipectinella
Puplesis & Diškus, 2003

Coptotriche basipectinella is a moth of the Tischeriidae family that can be found in South Africa and Harare, Zimbabwe.[1]

The larvae feed on Terminalia sericea. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. "Coptotriche basipectinella Puplesis & Diskus, 2003". Afro Moths. Retrieved December 1, 2013.


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