Coptotriche aenea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tischeriidae |
| Genus: | Coptotriche |
| Species: | C. aenea
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| Binomial name | |
| Coptotriche aenea (Frey & Boll, 1873)
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Coptotriche aenea is a moth of the family Tischeriidae. It is found in North America, including Nova Scotia, Ontario, Arkansas, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia.
The larvae feed on Rubus allegheniensis, Rubus flagellaris, Rubus frondosus, Rubus occidentalis and Rubus villosus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Global diversity; phylogeny of Tischeriidae Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine