Coptotriche purinosella

Coptotriche purinosella is a moth of the family Tischeriidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1875.[1] It is found in the United States in the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Texas.

Coptotriche purinosella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tischeriidae
Genus:
Coptotriche
Species:
C. purinosella
Binomial name
Coptotriche purinosella
(Chambers, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Tischeria purinosella Chambers, 1875
  • Tischeria albostraminea Walsingham, 1907

The larvae feed on Quercus alba, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus montana and Quercus muehlenbergii. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Global diversity; phylogeny of Tischeriidae Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine


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