''Coptotriche pulverea'' is a
moth of the family
Tischeriidae. It was described by
Walsingham
Walsingham () is a civil parish in North Norfolk, England, famous for its religious shrines in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus. It also contains the ruins of two medieval Christian monasticism, monastic houses.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Exp ...
in 1897.
Global diversity; phylogeny of Tischeriidae
It is found on the Virgin Islands (St. Thomas) and in Belize.
The larvae feed on '' Terminalia amazonia''. They mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
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the leaves of their host plant.
References
Moths described in 1897
Tischeriidae
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