Coptotriche longiciliatella
| Coptotriche longiciliatella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tischeriidae |
| Genus: | Coptotriche |
| Species: | C. longiciliatella |
| Binomial name | |
| Coptotriche longiciliatella (Rebel, 1896)[1] | |
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Coptotriche longiciliatella is a moth of the Tischeriidae family. It is found on the Canary Islands.
The wingspan is about 7 mm.[2]
The larvae feed on Rubus ulmifolius. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an elongated upper-surface blotch. Pupation takes place within the mine.[3] Larvae can be found from autumn to April.
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