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Tischeriidae

6 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Tischeriidae

Tischeria quercitella, the oak blotch miner moth, is a North American Tischeriidae moth whose leaf-mining larvae feed on chestnut and oak plants.

Tischeria ekebladella is a Tischeriidae moth found across Europe and the Caucasus, whose larvae mine tree leaves.

Coptotriche citrinipennella is a Tischeriidae moth found in North America whose larvae mine host tree leaves.

Coptotriche aenea is a Tischeriidae moth found in North America whose larvae mine leaves of various Rubus host plants.

Coptotriche castaneaeella is a Tischeriidae moth found in multiple eastern U.S. states whose larvae make trumpet-shaped leaf mines on oaks.

Coptotriche marginea is a moth that mines leaves of various Rubus host plants across two generations per year.

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