Coptodisca magnella: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Heliozelidae
- Genus
- Coptodisca
- Species
- Coptodisca magnella
- Scientific Name
- Coptodisca magnella
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Coptodisca magnella
Coptodisca magnella is a moth of the family Heliozelidae. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1916. It is found in North America, including Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio.
The basal half of the forewings is pale silvery gray, while the apical half is golden yellow. The hindwings are gray.
The larvae feed on Gaylussacia species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Coptodisca arbutiella
- Coptodisca cercocarpella
- Coptodisca condaliae
- Coptodisca diospyriella
- Coptodisca juglandiella
- Coptodisca kalmiella
- Coptodisca lucifluella
- Coptodisca magnella
- Coptodisca matheri
- Coptodisca negligens
- Coptodisca ostryaefoliella
- Coptodisca powellella
- Coptodisca quercicolella
- Coptodisca ribesella
- Coptodisca saliciella
- Coptodisca splendoriferella