Species Caloptilia umbratella - Hodges#0642

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Remarks · Internet References

Pond Drive leaf miner on Acer rubrum D2700 2020 2 - Caloptilia umbratella

Caloptilia sp. - Caloptilia umbratella - male

St. Andrews leaf miner on Acer rubrum SA2218 adult 2022 3 - Caloptilia umbratella

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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 umbratella (Caloptilia umbratella - Hodges#0642)

Hodges Number

0642

Identification

genitalia

Remarks

T. Harrison says these are either Caloptilia umbratella or the Ribes feeder; he has confirmed via dissection that the two are different species. He adds: "I would suggest establishing a page for Caloptilia umbratella, because it is a named species with a Hodges checklist number, and mentioning on that page that there is an externally indistinguishable species that feeds on Ribes."

The genitalia images here are all of umbratella.

Internet References

MPG

Contributed by tom murray on 13 January, 2012 - 4:12pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Blocky, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 3 May, 2024 - 11:24am

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