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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 anthobaphes - Hodges#0589 (Caloptilia anthobaphes)

Species Caloptilia anthobaphes - Hodges#0589

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
very very small moth 1 - Caloptilia anthobaphes
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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 anthobaphes (Caloptilia anthobaphes - Hodges#0589)
Hodges Number
0589
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Caloptilia anthobaphes (Meyrick, 1921)
Gracilaria anthobaphes Meyrick, 1921
Identification
"Head purple-bronzy, face whitish. Palpi whitish, terminal joint with dark fuscous subapical band. Thorax bronzy-purple, a brassy-yellow postmedian blotch. Forewings narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely oblique; deep coppery-purple; markings brassy-yellow; an elongate spot along basal fourth of dorsum; a rather oblique transverse blotch from costa at 1/3 reaching fold or sometimes nearly to dorsum; a flattened-triangular or semioval blotch on costa beyond 2/3, and a small spot on tornas opposite: cilia grey, base scaled purple. Hindwings and cilia grey." (Meyrick, 1921)
Range
Type locality: Lake Muskoka, Ontario.
See Also
Caloptilia vacciniella (Ely, 1915)
Print References
Meyrick, E., 1916-1923. Exotic Microlepidoptera, 2: 471.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
Barcode of Life (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 17 September, 2022 - 4:18am

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