Coleophora triplicis

Coleophora triplicis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. triplicis
Binomial name
Coleophora triplicis
McDunnough, 1940[1]

Coleophora triplicis is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in North America, including New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. This species has also been recorded on Prince Edward Island in a salt marsh ecosystem.[2] In Prince Edward Island, it was observed as a predator of the predispersed seeds of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence Aster (Symphyotrichum laurentianum Fernald).[3]

The larvae feed on the seeds of Solidago sempervirens. They create a trivalved, tubular silken case.

References

  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. Steeves, R., Nazari, V., Landry, J., and Lacroix, C. 2008. Predispersal seed predation by a coleophorid on the threatened Gulf of St. Lawrence aster. Canadian Entomologist. 140: 297-305.
  3. Steeves, R., Nazari, V., Landry, J., and Lacroix, C. 2008. Predispersal seed predation by a coleophorid on the threatened Gulf of St. Lawrence aster. Canadian Entomologist. 140: 297-305.
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