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Caloptilia quercinigrella
Caloptilia quercinigrella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Connecticut, Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Michigan and Texas in the United States.[1]
Caloptilia quercinigrella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Caloptilia |
Species: | C. quercinigrella |
Binomial name | |
Caloptilia quercinigrella (Ely, 1915) | |
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The wingspan is about 14 mm.
The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus nigra. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They feed in a leaf cone. The larva chews a series of small holes through the leaf, both alongside the basal edge of the cone and on the adjacent area of the cone itself.
References edit
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)[permanent dead link]
External links edit
- Povolnya at microleps.org
- mothphotographersgroup
- Bug Guide