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Species Caloptilia fraxinella - Ash Leaf Cone Roller Moth - Hodges#0606

A Caloptilia sp. - Caloptilia fraxinella

Ash Leaf Cone Roller Moth - Caloptilia fraxinella

Caloptilia fraxinella? - Caloptilia fraxinella - female

(Caloptilia fraxinella)? - Caloptilia fraxinella

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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 fraxinella (Ash Leaf Cone Roller Moth - Hodges#0606)

Hodges Number

0606

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Caloptilia fraxinella (Ely, 1915)

* phylogenetic sequence #017625

Size

Wingspan about 12 mm (Pohl, et al., 2004)

Larvae mature to about 8 mm (Pohl, et al., 2004)

Identification

Genitalia:

♀

♂

Larvae are cream colored (Pohl, et al., 2004). See photo at MPG.

Range

Eastern USA to the Canadian prairies

Food

A leaf roller on ash trees (Pohl, et al., 2004)

See Also

C. alnivorella

C. strictella

Print References

Ely, 1915. New species of the genus Gracilaria and note on two species already described (Lepidoptera, Gracilariidae). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. 3(5-7): 58.

Forbes, 1923. Memoir 68: 177. (1)

Pohl, Gregory R., et al. (2004) Caloptilia fraxinella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), a new pest of ash (Oleaceae: Fraxinus spp.) on the Canadian prairies. Can Ent. 136 (5): 733-736.

Internet References

Pinned Images at BOLD

Pinned Image and Info at Microleps

Pined and Live Images at MPG

Pinned Image and Info at E. H. Strickland Museum

Works Cited

1.	The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 16 October, 2010 - 1:49pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 22 September, 2023 - 5:00pm

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