Coleophora byrsostola

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Coleophora byrsostola
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. byrsostola
Binomial name
Coleophora byrsostola
(Meyrick, 1931) [1]
Synonyms
  • Macrocorystis byrsostola(Meyrick, 1931)

Coleophora byrsostola is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in western and south-western India (Mahableshwar in Maharashtra and Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The wingspan is 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in). The head and antennae are whitish-ochreous. The palpi and thorax are greyish-ochreous. The forewings are greyish-ochreous, although the second discal stigma is dark fuscous. The hindwings are light grey. [2]

The larvae feed on Strobilanthes species. [3] They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a blotch which can be found in December. There are often several blotches in one leaf. Pupation takes place within the blotch in a compact oval opaque capsule, which usually drops out as the mined portion of leaf withers.

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References

  1. ↑ Catálogo Mundial Sistemático y de Distribución de la Familia Coleophoridae Archived 2012-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ A Taxonomic Review of the Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera) Of The Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka Described by Edward Meyrick
  3. ↑ Falkovitsh, M. I. (2006). "Host-plant Relationships of the Casebearers (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae): Communication III". Entomological Review (86). doi:10.1134/S0013873806030031.


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