Chestnut clearwing moth

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Chestnut clearwing moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tischeriidae
Genus: Coptotriche
Species:
†C. perplexa
Binomial name
†Coptotriche perplexa
(
Braun
, 1972)
Synonyms
  • Tischeria perplexa Braun, 1972

The chestnut clearwing moth (Coptotriche perplexa) was a

extinct due to chestnut blight obliterating its primary food source, the American chestnut.[1]

Sources

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21920A9340802.en
    . Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Lepidoptera Odonata Web Atlas: Detail". www.vararespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-01-30.


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