Coleophora leucochrysella

Coleophora leucochrysella
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. leucochrysella
Binomial name
Coleophora leucochrysella
Clemens, 1863

The Chestnut Casebearer Moth (Coleophora leucochrysella) was a species of moth in the Coleophoridae family. It was endemic to the United States, where it was found in Indiana, Pennsylvania and Virginia.[1]

Larval Case

It is thought the species went extinct when many host trees died due to an infection of the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, which was accidentally introduced from Asia around 1900.

The wingspan was 14–15 mm.

The larvae fed on Castanea dentata. They created a case consisting of silk and leaf fragments. It had a length of about 10 mm.

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