Coleophora byrsostola
Coleophora byrsostola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. byrsostola |
Binomial name | |
Coleophora byrsostola (Meyrick, 1931)[1] | |
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Coleophora byrsostola is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in western and south-western India (Mahableshwar in Maharashtra and Kodagu district in Karnataka.
The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The head and antennae are whitish-ochreous. The palpi and thorax are greyish-ochreous. The forewings are greyish-ochreous, although the second discal stigma is dark fuscous. The hindwings are light grey.[2]
The larvae feed on Strobilanthes species.[3] They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a blotch which can be found in December. There are often several blotches in one leaf. Pupation takes place within the blotch in a compact oval opaque capsule, which usually drops out as the mined portion of leaf withers.
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