Coptodisca rhizophorae

Coptodisca rhizophorae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Heliozelidae
Genus: Coptodisca
Species: C. rhizophorae
Binomial name
Coptodisca rhizophorae
Walsingham, 1897

Coptodisca rhizophorae is a moth of the family Heliozelidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1897.[1] It is found in the West Indies.[2]

The wingspan is 4 mm. The forewings are golden yellow, with a black subterminal dot, to which three silvery, dark-edged streaks converge.

The larvae feed on Rhizophora species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine. They cut out a case for pupation.

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