Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Caloptilia blandella | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Caloptilia Rank Species | |
Similar Acrolophus popeanella, Acrolophus plumifrontella, Caloptilia stigmatella, Caloptilia azaleella, Acleris semipurpurana | ||
Caloptilia blandella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Canada (Québec) the United States (including Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maine, Maryland, Texas and Kentucky).
The wingspan is about 9 mm.
The larvae feed on Carya ovata and Juglans nigra. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a little crooked, very narrow mine resembling a small snail's track. It is found on the upperside of the leaf. Later instars create a leaf cone. It involves only one fold of the host leaflet, and therefore extensive skeletonization can be seen on the exterior of the fold. Often, the fold is located on the margin of the leaflet rather than at the apex.
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