Coelopoeta maiadella
| Coelopoeta maiadella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterolonchidae |
| Genus: | Coelopoeta |
| Species: | C. maiadella
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| Binomial name | |
| Coelopoeta maiadella | |
Coelopoeta maiadella is a moth in the superfamily Gelechioidea. It is found in Yukon, Canada.[2]
The species was described in 1995 by Lauri Kaila from a single specimen from Yukon, Canada. The only specimen known was a male collected in a light trap on 16 July 1985 by K. Mikkola. This specimen, the holotype, is kept at the Zoological Museum, University of Helsinki, Finland. The females, caterpillars and host plants of this species remain unknown.[2]
The length of the fore-wings is about 5 mm.[2]
References
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- ^ a b c Kaila, Lauri (1995). "A review of Coelopoeta (Elachistidae), with descriptions of two new species" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 49 (2): 171–178. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
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