Coleophora byrsostola

Coleophora byrsostola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. byrsostola
Binomial name
Coleophora byrsostola
(Meyrick, 1931)[1]
Synonyms
  • Macrocorystis byrsostola (Meyrick, 1931)

Coleophora byrsostola is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in western and south-western India (Maharashstra, Mahableshwar, Karnataka, Coorg plateau).

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The head and antennae are whitish-ochreous. The palpi and thorax are greyish-ochreous. The forewings are greyish-ochreous, although the second discal stigma is dark fuscous. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

The larvae feed on Strobilanthes species.[3] They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a blotch which can be found in December. There are often several blotches in one leaf. Pupation takes place within the blotch in a compact oval opaque capsule, which usually drops out as the mined portion of leaf withers.

References

  1. ↑ Catalogo Mundial Sistematico y de Distribucion de la Familia Coleophoridae
  2. ↑ A Taxonomic Review of the Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera) Of The Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka Described by Edward Meyrick
  3. ↑ Host-plant Relationships of the Casebearers (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae): Communication III
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