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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 belfragella - Hodges#0594 (Caloptilia belfragella)

Species Caloptilia belfragella - Hodges#0594

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 belfragella (Caloptilia belfragella - Hodges#0594)
Hodges Number
0594
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Caloptilia belfragella (Chambers, 1875)
Gracilaria belfragella Chambers, 1875
Caloptilia belfrageella (misspelling)
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of insect collector, Swedish nobleman and Texas Ranger Gustave W. Belfrage (1834-1882).
Identification
Genitalia:
Range
Records from Texas to Georgia, north to Maine and Wisconsin. (1)
Type locality: Bosque County, Texas.
Food
Rolls dogwood leaves, usually lengthwise rather than in the transverse cone typical of its genus. (2)
Print References
Chambers, V.T., 1875. Tineina from Texas. The Canadian Entomologist 7(1): 8.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Vactor Tousey Chambers
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates
Charley Eiseman & Noah Charney. 2010. Stackpole Books.
Contributed by v belov on 25 September, 2009 - 8:25am
Additional contributions by ceiseman, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 22 September, 2023 - 7:31pm

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