Caloptilia violacella

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Caloptilia violacella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. violacella
Binomial name
Caloptilia violacella
(Clemens, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Caloptilia desmodifoliella(Clemens, 1865)

Caloptilia violacella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Illinois, Missouri, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, New York and Texas in the United States. [1]

The wingspan is about 10 mm.

The larvae feed on Cajanus cajan , Desmodium species (including Desmodium rotundifolium ) and Meibomia dillenii . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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References

  1. "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". www.gracillariidae.net. Retrieved 2023-11-14.