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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 » Sumac Leafblotch Miner - Hodges#0630 (Caloptilia rhoifoliella)

Species Caloptilia rhoifoliella - Sumac Leafblotch Miner - Hodges#0630

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Sumac Leafblotch Miner - Hodges#0630 - Caloptilia rhoifoliella

Caloptilia sp.? - Caloptilia rhoifoliella

Leaf mine on sumac - Caloptilia rhoifoliella

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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 rhoifoliella (Sumac Leafblotch Miner - Hodges#0630)

Hodges Number

0630

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Caloptilia rhoifoliella (Chambers, 1876)

Formerly in genus Gracillaria (or "Gracilaria" [sic] per Nearctica)

Explanation of Names

calo - Greek for 'beautiful' (1)

Numbers

63 spp. per Arnett (1985) (2), see list at: Nearctica

Range

TX-FL-ME-IA - Map (MPG)

Food

Sumac, Rhus (Anacardiaceae) per Microleps.org and Kimball (1965) (3)

Sumac, 20 Rhus spp. - USDA Plants Database

Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) Illinois Wildflowers

Life Cycle

All species of this genus are leaf miners as young larvae, but many leave their mine when half grown and form a cone by twisting and rolling the end of the leaf. (2)

Remarks

Type Locality, Kentucky per Harvard MCZ Type Database

Print References

Original description appears to be from:

Chambers, V.T. 1876. Tineina. Canadian Entomologist 8(11): 158–160.

Internet References

0630 – Caloptilia rhoifoliella - MPG

Genus Caloptilia - Microleps.org

Caloptilia rhoifoliella - All-Leps

Caloptilia rhoifoliella - California Moth Specimens Database

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

3.	The Lepidoptera of Florida: An Annotated Checklist. Charles P. Kimball. 1965. Florida Dept. of Ag. Gainesville, FL. v + 363 pp.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 6 February, 2009 - 10:45am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 15 May, 2019 - 9:37am

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