Coptotriche malifoliella

Coptotriche malifoliella is a moth of the family Tischeriidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860.[1] It is found in North America in Ontario, the District of Columbia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas.

Coptotriche malifoliella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tischeriidae
Genus: Coptotriche
Species:
C. malifoliella
Binomial name
Coptotriche malifoliella
(Clemens, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Tischeria malifoliella Clemens, 1860

The larvae feed on Crataegus coccinea, Malus coronaria and Malus domestica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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