casebearer

casebearer

▪ larva
      any larva of a group of moths (order Lepidoptera) that are characteristically light brown with dark heads and feed on apple, birch, cherry, and willow trees. After hatching from the egg, larvae first feed as leaf miners. As they grow they change lifestyles and become casebearers. Their cases, which serve as camouflage and protection, are attached perpendicularly to branches, fruits, leaves, or twigs. The larvae protrude from them to feed. The cases, in which the larvae overwinter, are made from leaves, twigs, silk, and excrement. Typical case shapes vary from that of a cigar to that of a pistol. Most adults in this family are pale brown or gray with a wingspan of less than 12 mm (0.5 inch). The narrow, pointed wings have a long fringe of hair.

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  • casebearer — noun Date: circa 1889 an insect larva that forms a protective case (as of silk) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • clover casebearer — noun : a casebearer moth (Coleophora spissicomis) the larvae of which feed on the developing seeds of clover especially in New Zealand …   Useful english dictionary

  • larch casebearer — noun : a casebearer that is the larva of a minute moth (Coleophora laricella), that lives in a case made of a hollowed silk lined leaf, and that mines in the leaves of larches sometimes causing severe defoliation …   Useful english dictionary

  • pistol casebearer — noun : a casebearer that makes a curved case; specifically : one that is the larva of a small No. American moth (Coleophora malivorella) and that feeds on the foliage of various fruit trees …   Useful english dictionary

  • cigar casebearer — noun : a larval moth (Coleophora serratella) that is enclosed in a brown cigar shaped case and that feeds on apple tree and other fruit tree foliage …   Useful english dictionary

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  • lepidopteran — /lep i dop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. lepidopterous. n. 2. a lepidopterous insect. [1850 55; LEPIDOPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any of the more than 100,000 species constituting the order Lepidoptera (Greek: scaly wing ): butterflies, moths, and skippers. The… …   Universalium

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