Coptodisca matheri is a moth of the family Heliozelidae. It was described by J. Donald Lafontaine in 1974.[1] It is found in Mississippi.
| Coptodisca matheri | |
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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. matheri
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| Binomial name | |
| Coptodisca matheri Lafontaine, 1974
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The wingspan is 4.1-4.3 mm. The forewings are silvery white in the basal half and light yellow at the apical half. The hindwings are whitish grey.
The larvae feed on Vaccinium arboreum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts at the base of the leaf and has the form of a serpentine gallery which usually follows the leaf margin. Later, it widens into an elongate blotch. The beginning of the mine is completely filled with frass.[2]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Coptodisca matheri". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ Lafontaine, J.D (1974). "A new species of Coptodisca (Heliozelidae) from Mississippi on farkleberry (Vaccinlum arboreum)". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 28: 126.
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