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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 flavella - Hodges#0604 (Caloptilia flavella)

Species Caloptilia flavella - Hodges#0604

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Durham leaf miner on Myrica cerifera D357 2016 1 - Caloptilia flavella Durham leaf miner on Myrica cerifera D357 2016 2 - Caloptilia flavella Durham leaf miner on Myrica cerifera D357 2016 5 - Caloptilia flavella Durham leaf miner on Myrica cerifera D357 2016 7 - Caloptilia flavella Leaf Blotch Miner Moth - Caloptilia flavella Leaf Blotch Miner Moth - Caloptilia flavella Caloptilia flavella Caloptilia flavella
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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 flavella (Caloptilia flavella - Hodges#0604)
Hodges Number
0604
Explanation of Names
Author: Ely, 1915
Food
Morella spp. (bayberry, wax myrtle)
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): 56.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 9 October, 2017 - 11:00pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Steve Morris
Last updated 26 April, 2023 - 10:15pm

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