Coleophora laticornella
| Coleophora laticornella | |
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| Larva in case | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. laticornella |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora laticornella Clemens, 1860[1] | |
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The pecan cigar casebearer (Coleophora laticornella) is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in North America.
The wingspan is about 25 mm.
The larvae feed on Carya illinoinensis and other Carya species, as well as on Juglans nigra and Prunus americana. They create a spatulate leaf case.
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