Trumpet-mine
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Coptotriche castaneaeella
Chestnut Blotchminer Moth
A small moth in the family Tischeriidae, described in 1875. The larvae are leaf miners on multiple oak species, creating distinctive trumpet-shaped mines. Recorded from six US states in the eastern and midwestern regions.
Tischerioidea
Trumpet Leafminer Moths, Trumpet Leaf Miner Moths
A monobasic superfamily of minute moths containing a single family, Tischeriidae. Larvae are leaf miners that produce distinctive trumpet-shaped mines in host plant foliage. The group holds phylogenetic significance as a candidate sister taxon to the Ditrysia, the largest clade of Lepidoptera. Females possess a monotrysian reproductive system, a plesiomorphic trait shared with other basal lepidopteran lineages.