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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillarioidea) » Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillariidae) » Gracillariinae » Caloptilia » Caloptilia bimaculatella - Hodges#0595 (Caloptilia bimaculatella)

Species Caloptilia bimaculatella - Hodges#0595

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Identification · Food · Print References · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gracillarioidea (Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)
Family Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)
Subfamily Gracillariinae
Genus Caloptilia
Species bimaculatella (Caloptilia bimaculatella - Hodges#0595)
Hodges Number
0595
Explanation of Names
Author of species is (Ely, 1915)
Identification
Genitalia:
♀
♂
Food
the larva feeds on maples (Acer spp.), including silver maple, A. saccharinum
Print References
Ely, 1915. New species of the genus Gracilaria and note on two species already described (Lepidoptera, Gracilariidae). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. 3(5-7): 53.
Internet References
All-Leps
MPG
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 11 February, 2008 - 4:47pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Ted Kropiewnicki, JoAnneRusso, Blocky, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 22 September, 2023 - 5:15pm

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