Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Infraorder Heteroneura Scientific name Caloptilia aurantiaca | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Gracillariidae Rank Species | |
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Similar Caloptilia staintoni, Caloptilia azaleella, Caloptilia, Gracillariidae | ||
Caloptilia aurantiaca is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Madeira and the Canary Islands.
The larvae feed on Hypericum canariense, Hypericum glandulosum, Hypericum inodorum and Hypericum reflexum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as an epidermal corridor, but later becomes a shallow tentiform mine. In the end, the larva lives freely under a folded leaf tip.
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