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Coptodisca rhizophorae

Wikipedia Abstract

Coptodisca rhizophorae is a moth of the family Heliozelidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1897. It is found in the West Indies. The wingspan is 4 mm. The forewings are golden yellow, with a black subterminal dot, to which three silvery, dark-edged streaks converge. The larvae feed on Rhizophora species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine. They cut out a case for pupation.
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Prey / Diet

Rhizophora mangle (American mangrove)[1]

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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