Stenophagous
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Coptotriche
A genus of trumpet leaf-miner moths in the family Tischeriidae, described by Walsingham in 1890. Species in this genus are stenophagous leaf miners with larvae that feed internally within leaves, creating distinctive blotch or trumpet-shaped mines. The genus has been documented across multiple continents including the Neotropics, South America, Madagascar, and East Asia, with host-plant associations spanning several plant families including Sapindaceae, Combretaceae, Asteraceae, Nyssaceae, Staphyleaceae, Symplocaceae, and Theaceae.