Coleophora polycarpaeae
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| Species: | C. polycarpaeae
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| Coleophora polycarpaeae Hering, 1927[1]
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Coleophora polycarpaeae is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found on the Canary Islands.
The larvae feed on Polycarpaea divaricata and Polycarpaea smithii. They create an off-white to greyish brown tubular leaf case of 4.5-5 mm long. Dorsally it is often covered with fragments of frass or detritus.[2]
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