Coleophora acuminatoides

Coleophora acuminatoides is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Canada, including Nova Scotia.

Coleophora acuminatoides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. acuminatoides
Binomial name
Coleophora acuminatoides
McDunnough, 1958[1]

The larvae feed on the seeds of Aster acuminatus. They create a trivalved, tubular silken case. It is similar in size to the case of Coleophora bidens, but differing in the paler colouration which in freshly formed cases is a light brown.[2]

References
  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. A new species of Coleophora belonging to the duplicis-bidens Group
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