Coleophora rosacella

Coleophora rosacella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. rosacella
Binomial name
Coleophora rosacella Clemens, 1864 [1]

Coleophora rosacella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in North America, including Pennsylvania, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

The larvae feed on the buds of Rosa species. They create a tubular leaf case.

References

1. mothphotographersgroup

Further reading

• Clemens, Brackenridge (1864). "North American micro-lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia. 2: 426–427.
  • Reprinted in Clemens, Brackenridge (1872) [1864]. "North American Micro-Lepidoptera". In Stainton, H. T. (ed.). The Tineina of North America. London: John van Voorst. pp. 251–252.
• McDunnough, J. (1946). "Some Coleophoridae of Eastern Ontario and northwestern Nova Scotia". The Canadian Entomologist. 78 (3): 62. doi:10.4039/Ent7854-3.