Caloptilia melanocarpae

Caloptilia melanocarpae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. melanocarpae
Binomial name
Caloptilia melanocarpae
(Braun, 1925)

Caloptilia melanocarpae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Quebec, Canada, and Utah and California in the United States.[1]

The larvae feed on Prunus melanocarpa and Prunus virginiana. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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