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Species Caloptilia palustriella - Hodges#0621

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Caloptilia palustriella from the Presidio, San Francisco, CA - Caloptilia palustriella
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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 palustriella (Caloptilia palustriella - Hodges#0621)

Hodges Number

0621

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Caloptilia palustriella (Braun, 1910)
Gracilaria palustriella Braun, 1910 (1)

Numbers

Caloptilia includes more than 60 species in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Forewing length 7-9 mm. (3)

Range

California. (4)

Season

Adults are most common from May to October.

Food

Salix sp. (willow). (3)

Print References

Braun, A. 1910. New species of Tineina from California. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 21: 178. (1)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, pl. 3.11, 3.12, p. 54. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Works Cited

1.New species of Tineina from California.
Annette F. Braun. 1910. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 21: 171-179.
2.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 June, 2013 - 5:17pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 4:47pm

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