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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

Genus Caloptilia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Caloptilia stigmatella Leaf Blotch Miner Moth - Caloptilia reticulata Caloptilia negundella? - Caloptilia Caloptilia Caloptilia? - Caloptilia Hodges#0639 - Caloptilia stigmatella Schneck Forest leaf miner on Triadica sebifera SF1 Caloptilia triadicae 2016 2 - Caloptilia triadicae Caloptilia violacella
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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
Explanation of Names
Author: Hübner 1825.
Numbers
Nearctica lists 64 species
Life Cycle
Larvae begin as leafminers, in most cases later abandoning the mines to roll the leaf into a characteristic cone.
Print References
Forbes, W.T.M., 1923. The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station Memoir 68: 168-176. (1) (species description and keys)
Internet References
All-Leps
microleps.org (pinned specimens and larval feeding sign)
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 Lynette Elliott on 8 May, 2006 - 9:05am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Ted Kropiewnicki, ceiseman, Steve Morris
Last updated 19 April, 2023 - 11:19pm

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