Coptodisca matheri | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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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