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Coleophora darwini
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. darwini
Binomial name
Coleophora darwini Landry, 2006

Coleophora darwini is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found on the Galápagos archipelago where it has been collected on Pinzón, Española, and Pinta islands.

The wingspan is 7.8-9.4 mm for males and 8.4-10.6 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Amaranthus anderssonii and probably other Amaranthus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The length of the mature case is 5.5–6.9 mm.

References

1. A new species of Coleophora (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae: Coleophorinae) from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

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