Caloptilia sebastianiella
Caloptilia sebastianiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Florida, United States.[1]
| Caloptilia sebastianiella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. sebastianiella |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia sebastianiella (Busck, 1900) | |
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The larvae feed on Gymnanthes lucida and Sebastiana fruticosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a brown, irregular, elongated upper blotch-mine, with the upper epidermis drawn into a longitudinal ridge.
References
- Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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