Coleophora triplicis

Coleophora triplicis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. triplicis
Binomial name
	Coleophora triplicis; McDunnough, 1940

Last updated November 19, 2025

Coleophora triplicis is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Canada, including New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. This species has also been recorded on Prince Edward Island in a salt marsh ecosystem.^[2] In Prince Edward Island, it was observed as a predator of the predispersed seeds of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence aster (Symphyotrichum laurentianum Fernald).^[3]

The larvae feed on the seeds of Solidago sempervirens .

References

↑ mothphotographersgroup
↑ Steeves, R., Nazari, V., Landry, J., and Lacroix, C. 2008. Predispersal seed predation by a coleophorid on the threatened Gulf of St. Lawrence aster. Canadian Entomologist. 140: 297-305.
↑ Steeves, R., Nazari, V., Landry, J., and Lacroix, C. 2008. Predispersal seed predation by a coleophorid on the threatened Gulf of St. Lawrence aster. Canadian Entomologist. 140: 297-305.

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[1] thphotographersgroup

[2] Steeves, R., Nazari, V., Landry, J., and Lacroix, C. 2008. Predispersal seed predation by a coleophorid on the threatened Gulf of St. Lawrence aster. Canadian Entomologist. 140: 297-305.

[3] Steeves, R., Nazari, V., Landry, J., and Lacroix, C. 2008. Predispersal seed predation by a coleophorid on the threatened Gulf of St. Lawrence aster. Canadian Entomologist. 140: 297-305.

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