Caloptilia porphyretica

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Blueberry leafminer
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. porphyretica
Binomial name
Caloptilia porphyretica
(Braun, 1923)

Caloptilia porphyretica (blueberry leafminer) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from North Carolina and New Jersey in the United States. [1]

It is a frequent pest in commercial highbush blueberries in New Jersey. There are at least three generations per year.

The larvae feed on Rhododendron species, including Rhododendron occidentale . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf. The lower epidermis is wrinkled. Later, the leaf is rolled from the tip downward onto the underside of the leaf.

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Caloptilia cataractias is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

Gracillaria japonica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the island of Honshu, the main island of Japan.

Caloptilia theivora is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Brunei, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia (Java), Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

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The apple blotch leafminer is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada the United States.

The apple tentiform leafminer is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia (Altai), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Caloptilia alnicolella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Quebec and the United States.

Caloptilia alnivorella, the alder leafminer, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. The species was first described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1875. It is known from the Russian Far East, Canada and the United States.

Caloptilia belfragella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Quebec and the United States.

Caloptilia burserella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cuba and Florida in the United States.

Caloptilia ferruginella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the United States (California).

Caloptilia scutellariella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario, Canada, and Ohio and Michigan in the United States.

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Caloptilia negundella, the boxelder leafroller, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. The species was first described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1876. It is known from the Canadian province of Quebec and the US states of Colorado, Kentucky, New York, California, Maine, Ohio and Vermont.

Caloptilia mastopis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the states of Assam, Meghalaya and Maharashtra in India.

Caloptilia nondeterminata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It has been recorded in Oregon and Washington in the United States.

Caloptilia populiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from British Columbia, Canada, and Colorado, United States.

<i>Phyllocnistis subpersea</i> Species of moth

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