Meaning of coleophoran | Babel Free

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Of or related to moths of the genus Coleophora, whose larvae feed on seeds.

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“Outgroup analysis of other genera in Coleophoridae would indicate⟳ that the ancestral coleophoran case was a mined seed capsule (or floret) strengthened by silk and later enlarged by anal additions of silk, and the ancestral feeding condition was seed-mining of herbaceous plant⟳ families (Figures 6 and 7).”

“Observed causes of damage⟳ to the plants, most likely contributing to their mortality were, deer grazing, deer and human trampling with severe damage⟳ inflicted by a Coleophoran larvae that devoured the embryo of developing nutlets during the fruiting stage⟳. Snails are also persistent herbivores. Similar effects were observed in 1985 but the Coleophoran larvae was not found on a single plant⟳.”

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