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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 vacciniella - Hodges#0643 (Caloptilia vacciniella)

Species Caloptilia vacciniella - Hodges#0643

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References
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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 vacciniella (Caloptilia vacciniella - Hodges#0643)
Hodges Number
0643
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gracilaria vacciniella Ely, 1915
Identification
Genitalia:
Range
Recorded from Pennsylvania, Michigan, Maine, and Quebec.
Food
Foliage of blueberries (Vaccinium spp.)
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): 52.
Internet References
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae
Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 28 December, 2012 - 12:19pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 22 September, 2023 - 5:36pm

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