Caloptilia rhoifoliella (sumac leafblotch miner) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Bermuda, Canada (including Manitoba, Québec and Ontario), and the United States (including Mississippi, New York, Kentucky, California, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Texas, Vermont, North Carolina, Illinois, Kansas and Louisiana).[1]
caloptilia, rhoifoliella, sumac, leafblotch, miner, moth, family, gracillariidae, known, from, bermuda, canada, including, manitoba, québec, ontario, united, states, including, mississippi, york, kentucky, california, florida, georgia, maine, maryland, michiga. Caloptilia rhoifoliella sumac leafblotch miner is a moth of the family Gracillariidae It is known from Bermuda Canada including Manitoba Quebec and Ontario and the United States including Mississippi New York Kentucky California Florida Georgia Maine Maryland Michigan Minnesota Missouri New Jersey Texas Vermont North Carolina Illinois Kansas and Louisiana 1 Sumac leafblotch minerScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily GracillariidaeGenus CaloptiliaSpecies C rhoifoliellaBinomial nameCaloptilia rhoifoliella Chambers 1876 SynonymsGracillaria rhoifoliella Chambers 1876The wingspan is about 13 mm Adults are on wing in September November March and April in Florida and in May in Texas The larvae feed on Rhus species including Rhus copallina Rhus lanceolata Rhus toxicodendron and Rhus typhina Schinus terebinthifolia Toxicodendron pubescens and Toxicodendron radicans They mine the leaves of their host plant The mine starts as a linear mine at either side of the leaf It later becomes a tentiform mine and at the end the larva rather clumsily rolls the leaf downward from the tip References edit Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae Lepidoptera External links editCaloptilia at microleps org mothphotographersgroup Bug Guide nbsp This article relating to moths in the genus Caloptilia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Caloptilia rhoifoliella amp oldid 1179308156, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
