Coptodisca matheri

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Coptodisca matheri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Heliozelidae
Genus: Coptodisca
Species:
C. matheri
Binomial name
Coptodisca matheri
Lafontaine, 1974

Coptodisca matheri is a moth of the family Heliozelidae. It was described by J. Donald Lafontaine in 1974. [1] It is found in Mississippi.

The wingspan is 4.1-4.3 mm. The forewings are silvery white in the basal half and light yellow at the apical half. The hindwings are whitish grey.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium arboreum . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts at the base of the leaf and has the form of a serpentine gallery which usually follows the leaf margin. Later, it widens into an elongate blotch. The beginning of the mine is completely filled with frass. [2]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Coptodisca matheri". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  2. A new species of Coptodisca (Heliozelidae) from Mississippi [ permanent dead link ]