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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pygmy Leafmining Moths (Nepticuloidea) » Nepticulidae » Acalyptris » Acalyptris lotella - Hodges#0114.1 (Acalyptris lotella)

Species Acalyptris lotella - Hodges#0114.1

Representative Images

Nepticuloidea IMG_6428 - Acalyptris lotella cf. Acalyptris lotella - Acalyptris lotella 114.1 - Acalyptris lotella
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Nepticuloidea (Pygmy Leafmining Moths)
Family Nepticulidae
Genus Acalyptris
Species lotella (Acalyptris lotella - Hodges#0114.1)

Hodges Number

0114.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acalyptris lotella (Wagner, 1987)
Microcalyptris lotella Wagner, 1987
* phylogenetic sequence #003350

Explanation of Names

Specific name lotella from the genus of the host plant (Lotus).

Size

Forewing length 2-3.5 mm. (1)

Range

Found in California.
Holotype - Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge, Contra Costa County, California (Larva collected 15 March 1985, emerged 14 April 1985).

Food

Larvae feed in serpentine mines in the new stems of common deerweed (Lotus scoparius). (1)

Print References

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. p.38, pl.1.14f (1)
Wagner, D.L. 1987. A new Microcalyptris species from California (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). The Pan-Pacific entomologist 63(3): 278-283

Internet References

Images and Info at MPG
Images and Info at BOLD
Holotype Data

Works Cited

1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 22 March, 2013 - 4:43am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 10 August, 2013 - 2:25pm

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