Coleophora hancola
Appearance
Coleophora hancola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. hancola
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Binomial name | |
Coleophora hancola Oku, 1965[1]
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Coleophora hancola is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Japan.
The wingspan is about 12 mm.
The larvae feed on Alnus japonica. They create a grey-brownish, somewhat tubular leaf-case of about 5 mm in length with short dorsal keel. They mine into the leaf of their host plant until October, and passes winter in full-grown stage within the case fastened on the twig.[2]
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