Coleophora byrsostola
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| Species: | C. byrsostola
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| Coleophora byrsostola (Meyrick, 1931)[1]
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Coleophora byrsostola is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in western and south-western India (Mahableshwar in Maharashtra and Kodagu district in Karnataka.
The wingspan is 8–9 mm. 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.
References
- ^ Catalogo Mundial Sistematico y de Distribucion de la Familia Coleophoridae Archived 2012-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ A Taxonomic Review of the Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera) Of The Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka Described by Edward Meyrick
- ^ Host-plant Relationships of the Casebearers (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae): Communication III
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