Great-lakes-fauna

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• Coleophora elaeagnisella

  Speckled Casebearer Moth

  A small casebearer moth (family Coleophoridae) known for its distinctive larval case and specialized feeding on Elaeagnaceae plants. The species is restricted to northern North America, where it has been documented from the Great Lakes region northward into Canada. Larvae construct pistol-shaped portable cases from silk and plant material.

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