Caloptilia umbratella

Caloptilia umbratella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. umbratella
Binomial name
Caloptilia umbratella
(Braun, 1927)

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.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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