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The chestnut casebearer moth (Coleophora leucochrysella) was a species of moth in the family Coleophoridae. It was endemic to the United States, where it was found in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.[2] It was highly specialised as the larvae fed on the American Chestnut. It is thought the species became extinct when many host trees died due to an infection of the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, which was accidentally introduced from Asia around 1900. The larvae created a 1 centimeter long case consisting of silk and leaf fragments.[3]

Chestnut Casebearer Moth
Larval case
Conservation status
Extinct (1996)  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	†C. leucochrysella
Binomial name
†Coleophora leucochrysella Clemens, 1863

References

Sources

• World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Coleophora leucochrysella". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T5111A11115175. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T5111A11115175.en.

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