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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 stigmatella - Hodges#0639 (Caloptilia stigmatella)

Species Caloptilia stigmatella - Hodges#0639

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References
Caloptilia stigmatella Gracillariidae - Caloptilia stigmatella Leaf Blotch Miner - Caloptilia stigmatella Aspen leaf mine with leaffold - Caloptilia stigmatella Gracillariidae: Caloptilia stigmatella - Caloptilia stigmatella Caloptilia stigmatella - Hodges#0639 - Caloptilia stigmatella Caloptilia stigmatella Caloptilia stigmatella
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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 stigmatella (Caloptilia stigmatella - Hodges#0639)
Hodges Number
0639
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Caloptilia stigmatella – (Fabricius, 1781)
* phylogenetic sequence #018450
Explanation of Names
Author of species is (Fabricius, 1781).
Identification
Forelegs are thickly scaled at the base, appearing 'feathered'
Genitalia:
♀
♂
Range
Throughout North America
Fairly common in the United Kingdom
Food
the larva feeds on Salix and Populus.
Remarks
Probably introduced from Europe.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with collection map and photos of pinned adults..
microleps - photo of livng adult.
UK Moths
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 11 February, 2008 - 4:43pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Tony-2, Maury Heiman, Ted Kropiewnicki, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 3 May, 2024 - 11:14am

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