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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 » Walnut Caloptilia - Hodges#0596 (Caloptilia blandella)

Species Caloptilia blandella - Walnut Caloptilia - Hodges#0596

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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 blandella (Walnut Caloptilia - Hodges#0596)
Hodges Number
0596
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Caloptilia blandella (Clemens, 1864)
Gracilaria blandella Clemens, 1864
Size
Wingspan approximately 9 mm.
Identification
Clemens (1864) original description as Gracilaria blandella is available online in the print references.
Range
Quebec to Texas and east to Virginia and Maine.
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
The main flight period appears to be April to September. (1)
Food
The larval hosts include:
Juglans nigra (balck walnut).
Carya ovata (shagbark hickory).
Print References
Clemens, B., 1864. North American Micro-Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 3: p. 505.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (1)
Microleps.org
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 June, 2009 - 7:44am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Corey Husic
Last updated 24 November, 2018 - 2:17pm

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