Coptotriche citrinipennella

Coptotriche citrinipennella is a moth of the family Tischeriidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1859.^[1] It is found in North American in Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Arkansas, the District of Columbia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

Coptotriche citrinipennella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tischeriidae
Genus:	Coptotriche
Species:	C. citrinipennella
Binomial name
Coptotriche citrinipennella (Clemens, 1859)
Synonyms
Tischeria citrinipennella Clemens, 1859 Tischeria quercivorella Chambers, 1875

The larvae feed on Castanea dentata, Castanea mollissima, Castanea crenata,^[2] Quercus coccinea, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus imbricaria, Quercus marilandica, Quercus palustris, Quercus phellos and Quercus rubra. They mine the leaves of their host plant.