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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 superbifrontella - Hodges#0641 (Caloptilia superbifrontella)

Species Caloptilia superbifrontella - Hodges#0641

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Food · 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 superbifrontella (Caloptilia superbifrontella - Hodges#0641)
Hodges Number
0641
Identification
Genitalia:
♀
♂
Food
Witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana).
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Contributed by tom murray on 28 May, 2009 - 5:12pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman, Robert H. Biagi, Steve Morris
Last updated 22 September, 2023 - 4:14pm

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