Coleophora kalmiella (McDunnough, 1936) is a animal in the Coleophoridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Coleophora kalmiella (McDunnough, 1936)

Coleophora kalmiella (McDunnough, 1936)

Coleophora kalmiella is a Coleophoridae moth found in Canada, whose larvae make composite leaf cases and feed on Kalmia leaves.

Family
Genus
Coleophora
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Coleophora kalmiella (McDunnough, 1936)

Coleophora kalmiella is a species of moth that belongs to the family Coleophoridae. This moth is found in Canada, with confirmed records from Nova Scotia. The larvae of Coleophora kalmiella feed on the leaves of plants from the Kalmia genus, and they construct a composite leaf case during their development.

Photo: (c) Charley Eiseman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Charley Eiseman · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Coleophoridae Coleophora

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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