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Coptodisca magnella

Wikipedia Abstract

Coptodisca magnella is a moth of the Heliozelidae family. It was described by Braun in 1916. It is found in North America, including Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio. The basal half of the forewings is pale silvery grey, while the apical half is golden yellow. The hindwings are grey. The larvae feed on Gaylussacia species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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Prey / Diet

Gaylussacia baccata (black huckleberry)[1]

External References

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Citations

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1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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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