Caloptilia hypericella
Appearance
Caloptilia hypericella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Caloptilia |
Species: | C. hypericella
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Binomial name | |
Caloptilia hypericella (Braun, 1918)
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Caloptilia hypericella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Québec) and the United States (Cincinnati, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and West Virginia).[1]
The wingspan is about 8 mm.
The larvae feed on Hypericum cistifolium, Hypericum punctatum and Hypericum sphaerocarpum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small linear mine on the upperside of the leaf, enlarged into an elongate blotch, which becomes tentiform, resembling a small Phyllonorycter mine.
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