Coleophora tarsocoma

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Coleophora tarsocoma
Scientific classification
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Coleophoridae (disputed)
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C. tarsocoma
Binomial name
Coleophora tarsocoma
Meyrick, 1917

Coleophora tarsocoma is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in north-eastern India (Assam, Khasi-Jaintia Hills, near Shillong).

Taxonomy

Research has concluded that Coleophora tarsocoma does not belong to the family Coleophoridae. It could belong to the family Cosmopterigidae. [1]

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