Coleophora darwini is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found on the Galápagos archipelago where it has been collected on Pinzón, Española, and Pinta islands.
Coleophora darwini | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. darwini
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Binomial name | |
Coleophora darwini Landry, 2006
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The wingspan is 7.8-9.4 mm for males and 8.4-10.6 mm for females.
The larvae feed on Amaranthus anderssonii and probably other Amaranthus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The length of the mature case is 5.5–6.9 mm.[1]
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