Coptodisca lucifluella

Coptodisca lucifluella is a moth of the family Heliozelidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860.[1] It is found in North America, including Kentucky and Ohio.[2]

Coptodisca lucifluella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Heliozelidae
Genus: Coptodisca
Species:
C. lucifluella
Binomial name
Coptodisca lucifluella
(Clemens, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Aspidisca lucifluella Clemens, 1860

The larvae feed on Carya illinoinensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3] The mine has the form of an oval blotch. Full-grown larvae chew the upper and lower leaf epidermis around the edges of the mine before pupating inside it.[4]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Coptodisca lucifluella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  2. Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.
  3. Larval Mine Characteristics of Four Species of Leaf-Mining Lepidoptera in Pecan
  4. Western Pecan Growers Association Conference


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