Caloptilia chalcodelta
Appearance
Caloptilia chalcodelta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Caloptilia |
Species: | C. chalcodelta
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Binomial name | |
Caloptilia chalcodelta | |
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Caloptilia chalcodelta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[2] The larvae of this species mine and fold leaves of species in the genus Nestegis.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Caloptilia chalcodelta (Meyrick, 1889)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ Edward Meyrick (May 1889). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 21: 154–188. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q56065895.
- ^ Robert J. B. Hoare; Brian H Patrick; Thomas R. Buckley (22 July 2019). "A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae". ZooKeys. 865: 39–65. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.865.34265. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 6663935. PMID 31379443. Wikidata Q70104394.