Caloptilia umbratella
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Caloptilia umbratella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Caloptilia |
Species: | C. umbratella
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Binomial name | |
Caloptilia umbratella (Braun, 1927)
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Caloptilia umbratella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Québec in Canada and Kentucky and Virginia in the United States.[1]
There are probably two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Acer rubrum and Acer saccharum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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