Caloptilia alnicolella
| Caloptilia alnicolella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. alnicolella
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| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia alnicolella (Chambers, 1875)
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Caloptilia alnicolella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Quebec and the United States (Colorado and Maine).[1]
The larvae feed on Alnus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a small, tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf. Later, the tip of a leaf is rolled downward.
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