Coptotriche crataegifoliae is a moth of the family Tischeriidae. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1972.[1] It is found in North America in Ontario, Quebec, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Coptotriche crataegifoliae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tischeriidae |
Genus: | Coptotriche |
Species: | C. crataegifoliae
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Binomial name | |
Coptotriche crataegifoliae (Braun, 1972)
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The larvae feed on Crataegus mollis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
edit- ^ Global diversity; phylogeny of Tischeriidae Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine