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Coleophora polycarpaeae

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Coleophora polycarpaeae is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found on the Canary Islands. The larvae feed on Polycarpaea divaricata and Polycarpaea smithii. They create an off-white to greyish brown tubular leaf case of 4.5-5 mm long. Dorsally it is often covered with fragments of frass or detritus.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0