Coptodisca arbutiella
| Madrone shield bearer | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Heliozelidae |
| Genus: | Coptodisca |
| Species: | C. arbutiella
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| Binomial name | |
| Coptodisca arbutiella Busck, 1904
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Coptodisca arbutiella, the madrone shield bearer, is a moth of the family Heliozelidae. It was described by August Busck in 1904.[1] It is found in western North America from California[2] to British Columbia.
The larvae feed on Arbutus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is blotch-like. Full-grown larvae cut out elliptical cases out of the upper and lower leaf surfaces, in which pupation takes place.[3]
References
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Coptodisca arbutiella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- ^ Moth Photographers Group
- ^ Western Forest Insects
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