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Species Caloptilia alnicolella - Hodges#0586

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 alnicolella (Caloptilia alnicolella - Hodges#0586)
Hodges Number
0586
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Caloptilia alnicolella (Chambers, 1875)
Gracilaria alnicolella Chambers, 1875
Identification
Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (1)

Genitalia:
Range
California to British Columbia, Northeastern United States, and eastern Canada. (2)
Food
The larvae feed on Alnus species. (1)
Print References
Chambers, V.T. 1875. Teneina of Colorado. Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science. 2(4): 299
Internet References
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (1)
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Works Cited
1.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
2.Assessment of species diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone
McAlpine D.F., Smith I.M. (eds.). 2010. Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press). 785 pp.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 August, 2014 - 10:16am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 22 September, 2023 - 4:05pm

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