''Coptotriche admirabilis'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
of the family
Tischeriidae. It is found in
North America, including
Iowa
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and
Ohio
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.
The larvae feed on ''
Rosa carolina
''Rosa carolina'', commonly known as the Carolina rose, pasture rose, or prairie rose, is a perennial shrub in the rose family native to eastern North America. It can be found in nearly all US states and Canadian provinces east of the Great Pla ...
'' and ''
Rosa palustris
''Rosa palustris'', the swamp rose, is a shrub in the rose family native to much of eastern North America. It can be found from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in the north, south to Florida and west to Arkansas and Ontario. It is a host of the ...
''. They
mine the leaves of their host plant.
Global diversity; phylogeny of Tischeriidae
References
Moths described in 1925
Tischeriidae
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