Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Coleophoridae Scientific name Coleophora acuminatoides | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Coleophora Rank Species | |
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Coleophora acuminatoides is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Canada, including Nova Scotia.
The larvae feed on the seeds of Aster acuminatus. They create a trivalved, tubular silken case. It is similar in size to the case of Coleophora bidens, but differing in the paler colouration which in freshly formed cases is a light brown.
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