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[R] Small family of the order Lepidoptera with only one genus (Coleophora), and including several important pests; moths with fringed wings and antennae held in a porrect position in repose. The larva inhabits a portable case, which is attached to a leaf or stem, and bores into the interior of a leaf when feeding.
See the fruit tree case moth (Coleophora hemerobiella).

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