Coptotriche pulverea
| Coptotriche pulverea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tischeriidae |
| Genus: | Coptotriche |
| Species: | C. pulverea |
| Binomial name | |
| Coptotriche pulverea Walsingham, 1897 | |
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Coptotriche pulverea is a moth of the family Tischeriidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1897.[1] It is found on the Virgin Islands (St. Thomas) and in Belize.
The larvae feed on Terminalia amazonia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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