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Caloptilia melanocarpae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Scientific name
  
Caloptilia melanocarpae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Caloptilia

Rank
  
Species

Caloptilia melanocarpae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Quebec, Canada, and Utah and California in the United States.

The larvae feed on Prunus melanocarpa and Prunus virginiana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a narrow snail-like track, which becomes an elongate blotch on the underside of the leaf, located along the leaf margin.

References

Caloptilia melanocarpae Wikipedia