Coptotriche tantalella
| Coptotriche tantalella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tischeriidae |
| Genus: | Coptotriche |
| Species: | C. tantalella |
| Binomial name | |
| Coptotriche tantalella (Walsingham, 1908)[1] | |
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Coptotriche tantalella is a moth of the Tischeriidae family. It is found on the Canary Islands.
The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are pale fawn-ochreous, sprinkled with yellowish. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]
The larvae feed on Bencomia caudata and Sanguisorba minor magnolii. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a short corridor, widening into a large full-depth blotch. All frass is ejected from the mine. The larva often moves to a new leaflet. Pupation takes place within the mine.[3] The larvae are uniformly pale yellow with a dark brown head.
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