Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Coleophoridae Scientific name Coleophora octagonella | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Coleophora Rank Species | |
The octagonal casemaker moth (Coleophora octagonella) is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in the United States, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee.
The species is misplaced in the genus Coleophora and the Coleophoridae family. It actually belongs to the family Batrachedridae. The larvae feed on lichens which grow on Quercus trees. They construct a case, but it is constructed rather differently from those of Coleophora species.
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