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Caloptilia sebastianiella

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Caloptilia sebastianiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. sebastianiella
Binomial name
Caloptilia sebastianiella
(Busck, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Caloptilia sebastianella (Dyar, 1903)

Caloptilia sebastianiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Florida, United States.[1]

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

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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