Acalyptris punctulata

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Acalyptris punctulata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Acalyptris
Species:
A. punctulata
Binomial name
Acalyptris punctulata
(Braun, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula punctulataBraun, 1910

Acalyptris punctulata is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in California. [1]

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The wingspan is 4.5–5.5 millimetres (0.18–0.22 in). [1]

The larvae feed on Ceanothus cuneatus and Rhamnus californica . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Braun 1917, p. 192.

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